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Why A Holiday On Horseback Is Definitely Not Just For Kids

Hannah Bowman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:17:25 +0000

The dry river bed curves away into the distance, walls of the steep ravine closing in on either side, towering up to meet the cloudless intensity of blue arching above. My vision blurs. I can taste the warm air as it rushes into my nose and mouth, the smell of [...]

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How To Volunteer With WWOOFs

Matt Stabile — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:38:53 +0000

Although volunteer travel has been booming for the last few years years, WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), or as it is known in some locations, Willing Workers on Organic Farms, is one of the last great strongholds of inexpensive volunteer travel. It’s the real deal. It’s the alternative [...]

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Something To Chew On This Thanksgiving

Matt Stabile — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:18:29 +0000

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to spend with your friends and family, listen to Uncle John’s childhood stories, eagerly eat roast turkey with cranberry sauce and agree to yet another slice of pumpkin pie without feeling bad about yourself. What’s not to love? More interestingly perhaps, Thanksgiving is also the [...]

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6 Ways To Volunteer Abroad From Home

Matt Stabile — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:37:30 +0000

Orphaned children in Africa, equality for women in India, sex-trafficking in Thailand; these are just some of the issues people wish they could get involved in helping to address. Unfortunately, not everyone has the ability to take off of work and fly to another country to volunteer. This, however, does [...]

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Be A Traveler Who Saves A Life

Luke Armstrong — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:01:52 +0000

Be part of our international campaign today to “Break the Bitter Chains of Slavery”! Dear Expeditioner Readers, As travelers I think all of us have stared into the face of unfortunate souls living desperate lives in faraway lands. We’ve seen beggars reach a withered hand towards us longingly with dishes [...]

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7 Things To Consider Before Volunteering Abroad

Jon Wick — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:25 +0000

There is that special feeling associated with knowing you are a part of something that directly increases the overall good in the world, and this is certainly a crucial reason people volunteer in any capacity. Volunteering abroad, however, is an entirely different cup of soup. Screw the free T-shirt from [...]

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Thinking of Joining The Peace Corps? Think Again

Maria Russo — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:14:35 +0000

Many die-hard travelers, at one time or another, have dreamed about volunteering in a small village in some remote region of the planet. The prospects for such a journey could seem extremely promising for young, motivated spirits. Heck, what could be better than living abroad for an extended period of [...]

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A Community Comes Together In Mexico

Matt Stabile — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:26 +0000

by Katherine Fisher I showed up around 10 a.m. and the buzz was already going, loudly. When I arrived, the cement truck was already there, ready to unload as much concrete as we needed. The kids were amazed at the sight of this huge, monstrous truck, and they were running [...]

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Voluntourism: Who’s Doing What, Where, And How

Matt Stabile — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:59 +0000

ChaCha has this handy graphic about travel’s newest trend, voluntourism, showing who’s doing it, where they’re going, and what they’re doing. Turns out the top three spots for the million or so Americans in 2009 who partook in international voluntravel, Peru was the most popular (16%), followed by Costa Rica [...]

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With A Little HELP From Your Friends In India

Brit Weaver — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:00:46 +0000

The merits of travel to poorer areas of the world are constantly being debated. Some believe it helps communities, while others believe it helps to destroy them. However, as many travelers already know, there are ways that one can travel while conserving, and preserving, the area. The goal of Help [...]

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