Hannah’s gap year trip to Belize – 2000

In 2000 I went away with Raleigh International for 3 months to Belize. I was 18 and it was my first real time away from home. I took part in various environmental and community projects including tracking the Fer-De-Lance snake, thatching the roof of a remote visitors centre and plastering the walls of a rural mountain school. It was amazing experience and one that sowed the bug of all things travel and culture. On my return to Blighty I was more than ready to start my degree in Social Anthropology.

Drinking from a coconut somewhere on Shipstern Lagoon

Juliet & I at the bottom of a Mayan ruin

Phase 3 & building a school in San Antonio

Celebrating the build of the new school – Belize style

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Team Pickle are two creative people living in Manchester, looking for adventure and enjoying life. We spend a lot of time riding bikes and making films.So much so that we have set up Maia Media as an indie production company that makes films about outdoor adventures, travel, and socio-environmental issues.