Useful Tips for the Conscious Traveller in Kuala Lumpur
This article is not so much a list of my ‘best recommendations’. Nor is it an overview of where Kuala...
Volunteering travel is one of the most enriching types of travel that you can do. And I’m not even talking about your contribution to the volunteering project. If you’re new to slow travel, or are apprehensive about independent travel, this is a great option.
You would often be placed within local communities, and interact with NGOs. It would immediately give you a different way of seeing a tourist destination. You would have new friendships from fellow volunteers, which is a far easier ask for introverts than other types of independent travel.
This section contains the stories from my volunteering trips, which all revolve around marine conservation.
An unexpected thing happened, as I explored running this travel blog, and tried to grow my communication skills for sustainability advocacy. People began reaching out to me – not just for help, but also to offer it. Opportunities ‘meant’ for people I met in my travels came my way. I took them, and began linking people together and boost sustainability and social enterprise projects.
You can also find in this section stories about social enterprise projects that I am involved in somehow, as a result of my travel and blogging efforts.
Malaysia / SDG 11 / SDG 12 / SDG 15 / Travel Guides
This article is not so much a list of my ‘best recommendations’. Nor is it an overview of where Kuala...
Australia / SDG 12 / SDG 14 / SDG 8 / Travel Guides
Travel Sustainably is a Teja on the Horizon article series reviewing my efforts to travel more responsibly. This edition reviews...
I shivered when the breeze blew across. It was our first day of field volunteering at Fitzroy Island, where we...
Nepal / SDG 4 / SDG 8 / Travel Stories
After my Annapurna trek, I met a cashmere merchant by chance in Pokhara, and stumbled upon the community of Kashmiris in Nepal.
Maldives / SDG 14 / SDG 17 / Travel Stories
When I volunteered for whale shark conservation in the Maldives, it was an all-women team, and they made my time in Dhigurah memorable.
Do you think they
will build a refuge over us all,
and we all get to
breathe easy?
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