Responsible Traveler Kit II: how to impact culture as little as possible?
Tourist "Show" in Peru. We saw them dressed in T-shirts a few minutes before. It happened to us in Peru. We hired an excursion to see the jungle of Iquitos and they told us that we would visit "a community that lives in isolation and that has preserved its ancestral customs until today." When we were arriving by canoe, we saw how a boy dressed in a T-shirt was running to warn the rest. We arrived and the same boy was dressed in a kind of "skirt" made with nearby plants and had his face painted. They danced a “dance
Ana in Bolivia: "Bolivian badgers have been a discovery"
Ana together with the rest of the volunteers of the project. Ana is still moved when she remembers her solidarity trip to Bolivia. He collaborated for a month in summer with the center for rescued wild animals. She is a veterinarian, and her dream was to work with primates. “But I had Bolivian badgers, the so-called coatis. And I don't care because it has been quite a discovery!”, he affirms. If you are thinking of collaborating with this project, don't miss out on his experience, since he tells in great detail and with great honesty what the
7 films to start travelling... before leaving!
A child plays near the NGO we work with in Cambodia - your trip can start long before the plane takes off! Whether you have already chosen your next destination or are still undecided, we encourage you to watch one of these 7 films to immerse yourself in the landscape and culture you will soon be visiting. We watched them before we left and they helped us to get an idea of the reality we were about to encounter (and to start dreaming 😄). Take note, take note! Elephant in the middle