Global Crossroad is an organization that organizes volunteer programs in developing countries. For anyone who’s thinking of traveling, it might be an option, since it not only cuts down on travel expenses (some — costs are reduced, not completely defrayed) but also allows you to do volunteer work whilst enjoying a foreign country. Though I can’t find a way to access it from the frontpage, the Mongolia Summer Camp program looks very interesting.
Category: TRAVELS
Back To This Business
I’m back in Korea. And look at the first news article I see on my return, translated and in my email box: Subway Farter Attacks Fleeing Man On the 20th, a 57-year-old Mr. Mun was charged without detention at the Kangdong Police Station in Seoul for assaulting a subway passenger who expressed displeasure at his farting in the subway. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on the 19th, Mr. Mun let out a loud fart in the vicinity of Cheonho Subway Station after embarking the Line 5 train. When a 24-year-old office worker named Seo, who was next to the farter, expressed …
Miniscule World
You know, the world is small. It’s insanely small. My back hurts, I’m tired from a day-long ride in planes (though it’s only a taste of what’s to come in a few days), and I am in Montreal. I’ve been in the city an hour and a half, and already run into someone I knew in grad school. And someone I thought was really cool and interesting, no less! We’re going for coffee in a couple of days, before she leaves town. Tomorrow’s the wedding of an old friend, and I’ll see another old friend. I am definitely seeing a …
Back in Saskatoon
Well, let’s see now. I am back in Saskatoon, and I have a few interesting surprises that have come to my attention: My income tax wasn’t filed in 2001. I’ll chalk it up to a miscommunication between my parents and myself, but I do wish they’d told me when they got aan extremely threatening letter last December. I found the letter tucked into a magazine sent here for me, and neither parent seemed to know anything about it, though the letter had been opened and apparently read before being tucked into the magazine. I discovered that the government of Quebec …
Trip so far
Okay, my thoughts so far: Seeing Helen and Ann has been good. Victoria is a very very Aryan island. Vancouver, conversely, is a very heterogenous place. Very diverse. I’m shocked at how that culture-shocked me. (I doubt it will continue in Saskatoon.) Gay people (EDIT: or is it just young, trendy people in Vancouver? Judging by some of the in-jokes I heard, I assume it’s a gay thing, but maybe not.)eat really well. Like, REALLY well. Helen has lots of lesbian friends (though she, dating a man, appears to be straight), and they eat well. I was glad to be …