36 Incredible Places To See On Earth From the Great Blue Hole in Belize to the Rice fields in Yunnan, China you will surely find some destinations to add to your Bucket list. Great Blue Hole, Belize Horseshoe Bend, Colorado River, Arizona (photo credit) Golden Horn, Brac Island, Croatia (photo credit) Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), Australia Alesund, Norway Volcanic Island, Aogashima, Japan (photo credit) Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada (photo credit) Tunnel of Love – Old train tunnel in Kleven, Ukraine (photo credit) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Preachers Rock, Norway (photo credit) Tiantan Buddha at Lantau Island, Hong Kong Iguazu Falls, Border of Brazil and Argentina Manarola, Italy (photo credit) East Iceland Jade Mountain, St Lucia (photo credit) Lavender Fields, Provence, France Skaftafell, Iceland Crystal Cave Rice fields in Yunnan, China (photo credit) The Maldives (photo credit) Plitvice Lakes, Croatia (photo credit) Zakynthos, Greece (photo credit)
10 travel jobs within your reach Photo zeandroid Feature photo skino You love to travel. You hate your job. Maybe a travel job is right for you. DESPITE THE ECONOMIC gloom and doom, there are millions of jobs available these days. Some of the travel jobs on this list pay better than others. All of these travel jobs promise overseas adventure and exposure to foreign cultures, so put aside the local classifieds and explore a world of possibility! English Teacher English teaching jobs are ridiculously easy to find in many parts of the world. Top 10 Places For Teaching English Abroad Tour Guide Photo by Marcin Wichary Tour guiding jobs are plentiful if you already know a place well and have good social skills. Tour Guide: The Right Job For You? Sailor (Navy) Even when the last factory in America has closed, the military will still be hiring. Join the Navy, See the World Sailor (Yachts) Photo by sharkbait If you can’t picture yourself on an aircraft carrier, how about a luxurious yacht? How To Travel The World By Crewing On Yachts
On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 21:53 GMT, 27 May 2012 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 27 May 2012 When you're trying to connect with your god, it helps to find some peace and quiet, if you can. But that was, indeed, no such problem for the architects of these impossibly built monasteries. Constructed at dizzying heights on the sides of mountains, they ensured only the most devoted - and vertigo-free - followers would join them for prayer. Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths Closer to their god: The Taktshang Tiger's Nest monastery clings to a cliff 2,300ft above the Paro Valley floor in Bhutan at such a height it looks down on the clouds Complete isolation: According to legend, the Tiger's Nest takes its name from the 'second Buddha', Precious Guru Padmasambhava, who travelled to the site on a tiger Don't look down! As with most of these great buildings, they aren't the easiest to access.
How to travel the world for free (seriously) You can travel the world for less money than you spend each month to fill up your gas tank. WORLD TRAVEL is cheap and easy. In fact, with a little practice and effort, you can travel for free. The idea that travel is expensive and difficult is bullshit peddled by tour companies, hotel chains, and corporate media. The tourism industry wants you to buy cruise packages and stay at all-inclusive resorts. The tourism industry doesn’t want me to reveal the simple secrets of free travel, but I’m going to share them with you anyway. 1. Travel frees you from the grind of daily routine. The joy of new experience is the most wonderful thing about world travel — and new experiences are free. The simple joy of being in a new place is just a matter of…wait for it…going someplace new. 2. The modern American economy is built on the false premise that people need to buy new goods and services all the time. For fresh air, go outside. 3. Time is not money. 4. When you travel, you don’t need to pay rent.
41 Places To See Before You Die (Part II) No matter how advanced our cities and technology is, eventually we get tired of all the noise, stress and crowd of the city and want to be in the nature. Humans have transformed Earth beyond recovery, but luckily not everything is lost yet. Beautiful mountains, blue water lakes, magnificent oceans with fabulous islands – our planet has many breathtaking places and awe-inspiring sceneries just waiting for you to discover them. However, life is short, and the funds are limited, so we have to narrow down the selection. Knowing that you are just another lazy panda, we’ve done it for you! We’ve picked 41 most amazing places in the world, however it is said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, so you may as well have your very own personal list of places to see before you die. 21. Bamboos for: Martin Sojka Bagan is notable for its expanse of sacred geography, the number and size of their individual ancient monuments. 22. Bamboos for: Tomas Rawski | szeke | jo vh | kk+ 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
Rolf Potts' Vagabonding Book Volunteer Abroad | Volunteer with UBELONG The world is too big to dream small. Expeditions are creative journeys with a social goal. We take the road less traveled to change how you see the world. So you can change it. Find an Expedition Tour By Join one of our upcoming tours or learn about Customized Tours 8 Spots Left PhysicalThink TankGive Back Start Rabat Ending Marrakesh DateJul 11, 2014 - Jul 21, 2014 Team Size6 to 16 Price2700 9 Spots Left Cambodia: Genocide In PerspectiveConnect with the living history of the Khmer Rouge genocide, and engage with locals as you imagine together a hopeful future for Cambodia.PhysicalThink TankGive Back Start Phnom Penh Ending Siem Reap DateAug 01, 2014 - Aug 11, 2014 Team Size6 to 16 Price2300
Blue Holes to Infinity Falls: 13 Natural Swimming Pools As the mercury rises it’s hard not to daydream about taking a dip in the cool, crystal-clear blue-green waters of some imagined paradise. These photos of 13 absolutely incredible natural swimming spots around the world, from a deadly pool atop 360-foot falls to a mirage-like oasis in the desert of Arizona, will have you booking a flight or at least searching for a cool swimming hole close to home. Devil’s Pool, Victoria Falls, Zambia (images via: oddity central) Is the Devil’s Pool the most dangerous pool in the world? Tat Kuang Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos (images via: manymoonhoneymoon, yeowatzup) Clear and beautifully blue-green, the waters of the Tat Kuang Si Waterfall in Luang Prabang, Laos are enticing, especially in the Laotian heat. Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas (images via: national geographic, discover-eleuthera-bahamas.com) Is this 1,000-foot-wide, almost perfectly round ‘blue hole’ in the Caribbean astounding or what? Blue Lagoon, Iceland (images via: wikimedia commons)
Home - The Job Shop - Backpacking Jobs for Backpackers in Australia and Seasonal Work in Australia - The Job Shop - The home of free jobs and great working adventures Finding Work In Australia: Working On Cattle Stations (Ranches) To find work on an Australian cattle station (ranch) takes a bit more than finding a fruit picking job:More effort, more experience (though there are also many jobs that don't require experience) and more commitment. If you already have experience, like motorbike or horse riding, mechanical skills, driving trucks or graders, then you can register with the big recruitment agencies to find station work. Cattle stations also have many openings for cooks, domestic and gardening staff, governesses and childcare positions. If you are confident you know what is required and you feel you have what it takes, scroll or jump down to find some helpful links to get you started in your search. (Employment and training agencies, major cattle station companies.) But if you only have vague, and, ahem, somewhat romantic ideas of horse riding in the great Australian Outback, then you better read through this page first. What You Should Know AboutOutback Cattle Station Work Still interested? Return to top
Fundraising & budgeting | Real Gap Experience Budgeting So you've decided to go travelling ... wahay! Best, decision, ever. Before you start getting to the nitty gritty details of your trip you should start to think about your budget, and how much money you want to spend on your adventures. To all of those school leavers, gap year-ers and students- we know it can be hard. Planning The amount of money you'll need will completely depend on where you want to go and how long you want to stay there for. Volunteering is a fantastic way to really get to know a country, learn about the locals and make a difference. Mix volunteer travel in with one of our 'experience' tours, and you'll be sorted. Set yourself a target Once you've done some hardcore research (and decided what you actually want to do during your time away...) set yourself a target and try to stick to it! Ideas Now you've got the magical numbers in mind, now's the time to get to the drawing board and think of ways to start fundraising. • Get your entrepreneur on! Sponsorship
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