As temperatures warm (oh please, temperatures, warm already, wouldya?), booking vacation moves up on the priority list. If you’re thinking about a volunteer vacation, there are more options every day. For the past 35 years, the Adventure Center has prided itself on creating affordable active travel experiences around the world. There is a huge range [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nepal’
1 Sep
CHANGERS PROFILE: Erin Guttenplan—Edge of Seven
I got some great international response to the blog recently, including a lovely and heartfelt comment yesterday from a reader in Kathmandu, Nepal. How perfect that today I am running this interview with the amazing Erin Guttenplan who created the service tour/volunteer travel company, Edge of Seven (with a great program—that I am desperate to [...]
18 Jun
READ Global
READ Global is a pretty amazing organization that started by building and stocking libraries in remote rural villages of the world, and has expanded with the times to really personalize community services in the locations where they work. Places like Bhutan, India, and Nepal—Himalayan villages where education never had a fair shake, but is growing [...]
21 Jan
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
This 30-minute PBS presentation is a small commitment of time to open your eyes wide and shine some light on a little known corner of the world. Mustang (pronounced Moo-Stahng) is variously known as the last kingdom and the lost kingdom of Tibet. Once part of Tibet and later taken by Nepal, this tiny, isolated [...]
2 Jan
Planet-friendly Planeterra
The start of this New Year is a time for new beginnings for all of us—travel planning companies included. Planeterra is a global provider of volunteer vacations, mixing service work in fantastic locales along with some insider exploration of the regions you visit, so your experience with the community runs both deep and wide. 2010 [...]
