That first music festival experience remains etched in your memory forever. Sunburns, barefoot dancing, ice cold beverages raised to the chords of your favorite song . . . Especially in Australia and New Zealand, festival culture is a recognized part of national identity. If you’re here on a working holiday visa, it’s worth your savings […]
Volunteering
Volunteer For Free: Six Websites to Jumpstart Your Search
Budgets are a traveler’s necessary enemy. So helpful, yet so limiting! As much as I appreciate a budget’s ability to keep me on the road longer, I abhor sitting down and actually creating one. Volunteering for free can be an ideal way to extend your stay in one location, delve into local culture, learn about […]
Four Extra Ways to Help The Philippines
When news of Typhoon Haiyan made headlines, all I could think about was Anda. What could I do to help the Philippines? Anda had no hostel, no street lights, no beachfront bar. The town’s three restaurants – open stalls with pots of assorted meat stews and adobo placed in the windows – leaned haphazardly together […]