Hi fellow lovers of travel! =D

If you are interested in finding new ways to explore, check out CultureZest.org.

It's a new, non-profit, 100% free site where all you need to do is type in the zip code, city, or state that you would love to explore.  It can be a brand new adventure for you whether you are on a trip, or feeling adventurous enough to ( Read more... )

I'm new here, so...Hi, everyone... To introduce myself; I am female, 47, & desperate to leave 'all this' behind to start back-packing my way around the world. I want to start in Nepal, as I just got back from there & I LOVED it...I'm definitely NOT a beach person, prefering towns to cities - something smaller scale than, say, Hong Kong! - & the ( Read more... )

Hey, so I've been looking at maybe travelling around North America next year for a couple of months and basically making my way around by finding different volunteer organizations to work with (ideally I'd like to do humanitarian work!).  Now I had a list of places that I really want to visit and one of these places is New Orleans.  I found what ( Read more... )

Hi everyone.  In August my boyfriend and I are going to Botswana to build houses with Habitat For Humanity.  We still need 4 more people to sign up for our team, so if you're interested in going to Africa this summer, we'd love to have you join us!  Here is the link for our trip.

http://www.habitat.org/cd/gv/trip_desc.aspx?type=1&code=gv10109

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Has anyone ever been on a volunteer programme with this company, or know anything about how good they are ( Read more... )

hello there, i just joined. i'm considering doing some volunteer work in south africa at some point in the near future. i was just wondering if anyone had done this (or just visited south africa, or done volunteer work in a foreign country, or any other variant of the topic), and if so, could you just tell me a little about your experience? it ( Read more... )

so i'm pretty sure i want to register for this workcamp through volunteers for peace. it's in kenya in december, working in a medical clinic. i've never been to an underdeveloped country before, but i've had a desire to travel to africa for a long time. i also have experience with children, and in the medical field ( Read more... )

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