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Getting a Grip 2: A Dose of Perspective in the Third World
In 2009 I participated in a Community Project trip to Peru with World Expeditions. It was one long experience of perspective. Part holiday, part volunteer project, we trekked through the Andes for...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Descent
That’s the Yuracrumiyoc Pass in the Urubamba region of the Andes in Peru. It was a breathless view from the top. Mainly because it’s nearly 4700m above sea level and we’d got there through a foot of...
View ArticleVoluntourism – Helpful Aid Or Just A Warm Fuzzie?
(Source: Google images) There has been something of an explosion in the travel industry of a new form of travel dubbed “voluntourism”. Part community service, part holiday, participants agree to help...
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