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Volunteer Your Way Through Central America | Art of Backpacking: Backpacking Independent International Traveler Though Central America is regarded as a cheap area to travel around some countries are more expensive than others and volunteering can be a good way to save funds and stick around for longer. Other benefits of becoming a volunteer English teacher, helping out at orphanages or conservation work include improving your Spanish and seeing sides to Central America that perhaps would otherwise be missed. Along with its beaches and biodiversity, Central America is particularly rich in grassroots volunteer organisations looking for volunteers to lend a helping hand. Skilled hands are particularly welcome but often the only requirement is enthusiasm and a willingness to get those helping hands dirty. Belize Belize Audubon Society BAS cares for nine protected areas in Belize including a jaguar preserve, Mayan human sacrificial remains, coral reefs and the famous dive spot, the Blue Hole. GuatemalaEntreMundos Honduras Conservation Project Utila Iguana El Salvador Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad

Backpacking Foods Backpacking Foods for Breakfast What backpacking foods get me going in the morning? I start the day with a hearty breakfast like homemade oatmeal with dried fruit, loaded grits, sweet potato porridge or scrambled eggs. Instant oatmeal and grits are convenient – just tear open the package and mix with hot water – but the former has more sugar than sulfite preserved fruit pieces in it and the latter contains partially hydrogenated oil and artificial flavors. See the ingredients list at the bottom of the page. Breakfast Recipes: Oatmeal RecipesCinnamon Apple Raisin, Fruit & Nut with Chocolate Grits RecipesGreen Grits & Ham, Pizza Grits Supreme Sweet Potato Bark Porridge Rice Pudding For oatmeal and grits, I use the unflavored varieties and fortify them with home dried fruit, meat and vegetables. I vary my "oat meals" by using different dried fruits and other ingredients like nuts and bits of chocolate. Grits can be boring without butter and many folks don’t have a taste for them. Oat Bark

Ten Jewels of the Mediterranean How to find the best section of the Mediterranean coastline that extends for 46,000 kilometres (28,600 mi), winds through 21 countries and is bounded by three continents - Europe, Africa and Asia? From hundreds of amazing spots we selected ten jewels of the Mediterranean that are particularly rewarding, beautiful and special. Be it perfect surfing conditions, superb food, rich culture or Europe's most famous mountain tracks, these destinations, besides being ideal beach getaways, have something for every type of traveler. Tarifa, the Spanish city from where Africa can be clearly seen as it is only 13 km (8 mi) away, is one of the most fantastic places on the Mediterranean coast. Playa de los Lances de Tarifa. We have selected the Aeolian Islands as one of our favorite Mediterranean locations due to their exceptional beauty. According to Lonely Planet Malta is "a microcosm of the Mediterranean", and we fully agree with that statement. Mediterranean coast of Morocco.

Backpack Europe on Budget--Backpacking and travel info for budget travelers. Go Backpacking - Around the World Travel Blog What Does a $4 Bungalow Look Like? Just what does $4 buy you in Laos? I stayed in a truly basic bungalow in Nong Khiaw and, though it lacked most amenities, I enjoyed it so much that I stayed an extra day. Another traveler had recommended the Bamboo Paradise Guesthouse, saying it was cheap and clean, but nothing fancy. For 30,000 kip ($3.75 US), I got a bamboo bungalow on stilts with a fan, my own bathroom, hot shower, a large bed, mosquito net, and a balcony with views of the Nam Ou below. There were cheaper options: I checked out a room up the street that went for 20,000 kip per night, but it was just a small, windowless wooden box with a bed and a door. There was plenty of room to move about and the bed was big, but hard — you could feel the springs under a thin layer of padding. A single florescent tube ran through a hole in the wall, providing weak light to both the room and the balcony — efficient, certainly, but dim. Okay, so the bathroom was nothing to brag about. The view was pretty nice.

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