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10 Things You Need to Do in Cape Town!
South Africa is an incredible country that should be on everyone’s travel list. Called the Rainbow Nation, South Africa is a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities and is home to some of the nicest people you will ever meet. You’ll likely get invited over...
Crew blog
I decided that the best way to spend my first weekend in South Africa would be to go to Cape Town. Accompanied by the best crew, I was determined to make the most of my first weekend in South Africa. Upon our arrival in Cape Town, our first adventure was, of course,...
Corals and Career Building
As an intern who specialises in coral here at Pez Maya I have had plenty of time to learn how to recognise and identify the numerous species of such that can be found on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. The various types of computer and hands-on training that we receive...
Phang Nga Service Learning- “Change your world.”
Changing my world with DukeEngage Service Learning In preparation for my summer in Thailand with DukeEngage, I was told at the Fortin Foundation DukeEngage Academy not to expect my two months of service learning to change the world. However, I beg to differ. The...
Talent Show
In the most fun of fun Fridays here with the childcare program in Cape Town, the morning was spent packed into a small church hall and cheering on the children as they competed against each other in debates, singing, dancing, drinking, eating, puzzles, and modelling....
Sam Spooner’s Seychelles Survival Guide
A basic guide for survival on Curieuse Island Laundry (For beginners) Before arriving in the Seychelles, I had never washed my own clothes. Ever. I wouldn’t even know what buttons to press on a washing machine to get it going. Luckily, this lack of experience is not...
How to choose the trip that’s best for you
The first time I seriously considered wanting to volunteer abroad, I could hardly contain my excitement. There were so many options available to me – a project for every issue, and on every continent. I went back and forth for months before settling on a conservation...
Karen Culture Pt 1:History, Weddings & Clothing
Karen people are an ethnic group situated in South East Asia. Their ethnic origins can be traced back as far as the Gobi desert in Mongolia and Tibet. The Karen people of Huay Pakoot have been settled in the Northern Mountains of Thailand for around 400 years. This is...
Huay Pakoot: The Mysteries of the Night!
Northern Thailand at the start of the rainy season is something special. The landscape flourishes into vibrant shades of greens as the trees recover from the dry season. My stay was a brief two weeks but certainly a memorable one. During my second week I got the...
GVI Cap Ternay living the dream
Hi my name is Robert but everyone on camp calls me Rob, I’m from Bristol and I am on GVI Seychelles internship program for 3 months, this forms part of my dive master course. I am here doing my leadership course, learning to identify commercial fish and survey them....
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