These posts are about the volunteer experiences we cover during the trip.
Oct
01
Stay at Manuel Antonio for a week and you’ll never again complain how hard it can sometimes be to meet locals when you travel. We had visitors casually dropping in daily at Casa Elsa – families of friendly, white-faced Capuchin monkeys! Take a look here. One day we also had a group of the cutest …
Sep
30
As we stroll across the lush lawns of the Villa Vanilla Spice Plantation, just 10 miles east of Manuel Antonio, we see various spices hanging out to dry and we inhale the heady aromas of vanilla, cinnamon and cocoa. Aaahhh. Our lovely local guide leads us into the weathered old wooden house where she presents …
Jul
22
Giving something back to each of the places we visited this year was one of our goals of our grand tour, along with living like locals, doing and learning things, and travelling more sustainably. The aim was to enrich ourselves and travel more meaningfully as much as it was to show travellers the kinds of …
Jul
21
Our cook at our Balinese villa, Desak, trained and worked as a waitress at one of Bali’s five-star hotels. In addition to her seemingly effortless ability to turn out Balinese classics, Desak also cooks Western food, but isn’t quite as confident at doing so. Most villa guests opt for Balinese or pan-Indonesian cuisine when eating in, …
Jan
29
Most people take a holiday to relax not work, yet giving something back to a place, rather than simply taking away – whether it be a bundle of beautiful memories or a suitcase of souvenirs – is the aim of a rising number of travellers. Tagging turtles for a conservation project or reading stories to …
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