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Vote for: What is the best learning or volunteering vacation (part 7)

service | Nov 24th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
learn italian neapolitan cuisine pizza making once
Learn Italian, Neapolitan Cuisine and Pizza making all at once!
learn belly dancing cairo
Learn Belly Dancing in Cairo
learn ayurveda vijnana kala vedi centre kerala
Learn Ayurveda at the Vijnana Kala Vedi Centre, Kerala
learn mosaic dordogne
Learn Mosaic in the Dordogne
learn horse riding rotten row
Learn Horse Riding on Rotten Row

Vacation is supposed to be a time for celebrating yourself. It's time off from work, when you can relax and just be yourself. But what does that mean if you have more than one dimension of social consciousness? If you're sick of self-worship, what can you do with your vacation time? Well, you could try to learn something, or you could provide some volunteer service. Which of these opportunities to do one or the other of those things do you like the best?

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Vote for: What is the best learning or volunteering vacation (part 8)

service | Nov 24th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
learn organic gardening limousin
Learn Organic Gardening in Limousin
learn maasai warriors
Learn from the Maasai Warriors
bottle nose dolphin watching moray firth
Bottle Nose Dolphin Watching in Moray Firth
teaching english namibia
Teaching English in Namibia
working children danang
Working with children in DaNang

When you go on vacation, the tendency can be towards laziness and inactivity. If you want to buck this trend, there are lots of different opportunities out there to get you learning, doing, being and generally spending your limited vacation time much more productively. Which of these productive vacation ideas do you consider the most appealing?

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Vote for: What is the best destination for a vacation of volunteer service (part 1)

service | May 27th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
pinnawala elephant orphanage
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
helping orangutans sepilok
Helping orangutans at Sepilok
working aids orphans pietermaritzburg
Working with AIDS Orphans in Pietermaritzburg
watamu turtle watch program
Watamu Turtle Watch Program
tsunami volunteer thailand
Tsunami Volunteer in Thailand

If life on this planet teaches us one thing, it is this: A vacation spent in service is a most revitalizing tonic. Taking time away from the mundane concerns of modern civilized life affords one the opportunity to truly give back, with one's whole heart, to those people who struggle every day to simply exist, and by doing, make our world a richer place. Which of these socially conscious vacation ideas appeals to you most?

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Vote for: What is the best destination for a vacation of volunteer service (part 2)

service | May 27th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
conserving amazon
Conserving the Amazon
teaching pohnpei micronesia
Teaching in Pohnpei, Micronesia
teaching english peru
Teaching English in Peru
volunteering cotlands hiv aids hospice
Volunteering at the Cotlands HIV/AIDS Hospice
teaching english namibia
Teaching English in Namibia

A vacation spent in service of others is a wonderful way to work through your conscious karma. By spending your leisure time ameliorating the suffering of others, you can gain access to personal insight capable of compelling you towards the higher ideals of human kind. Which of these spiritually trying travel adventures would you most like to undertake?

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Vote for: What is the best destination for a vacation of volunteer service (part 3)

service | May 27th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
working children danang
Working with children in DaNang
teaching english ecuador
Teaching English in Ecuador
madurai special needs volunteer
Madurai Special Needs Volunteer
kisite mpunguti marine watch
Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Watch
patagonia wildlife conservation
Patagonia Wildlife Conservation

Spending your vacation taking serving the needs of others is a most enlightened way to see the world and do good upon the face of it. Instead of roasting on the sand at some resort and stuffing yourself from the infinite hospitality buffet, why not dedicate your escape time to offering others surcease of sorrow? Which of these service-oriented vacations do consider most noble?

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Vote for: What is the best learning or volunteering vacation (part 4)

service | Nov 24th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
teaching pohnpei micronesia
Teaching in Pohnpei, Micronesia
teaching english peru
Teaching English in Peru
dar liqama culinary course
Dar Liqama Culinary Course
outward bound anakiwa
Outward Bound, Anakiwa
tomlins cookery school
Tomlins Cookery School

If you dedicate your vacation to service, it can continue to pay karmic dividends throughout the entire work year. Taking the time that's meant to be all about yourself, and spending it helping others or developing your knowledge to greater heights is the most noble way to celebrate the sacred release from the bondage of weekly work. Which of these great learning or volunteering vacations would you moat like to experience?

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Vote for: What is the best learning or volunteering vacation (part 5)

service | Nov 24th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
learning surf padstow
Learning to surf at Padstow
tuscan cookery
Tuscan Cookery
learn paramotoring abergavenny
Learn Paramotoring at Abergavenny
jungle survival course
Jungle Survival Course
try archaeology pennines
Try Archaeology in the Pennines

When you vacation, you have an opportunity to increase your own knowledge and, at the same time, share that knowledge with others, through the synchronized exchange of ideas. This list profiles some great volunteering, teaching and learning opportunities you might have cause to experience as you travel the globe. Which of these worthy destinations would you most willingly choose?

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Vote for: What is the best learning or volunteering vacation (part 6)

service | Nov 24th, 2010 | by Owen Ferguson
learn capoeira angola salvador
Learn Capoeira Angola in Salvador
learn fashion design instituto marangoni milan
Learn Fashion Design at Instituto Marangoni, Milan
learn ceramics la meridiana certaldo
Learn Ceramics at La Meridiana, Certaldo
wild food school
Wild Food School
learn italian via opera venice
Learn Italian via Opera in Venice

Giving over your vacation time to a volunteering or learning experience can feel like a bit of a tough choice. It means not lying on the beach enjoying drinks and getting sunk into a good book during your vacation. However, it also means a lifetime of positive memories relating to the self advancement you occasioned through dedicating your vacation to learning and service. Which of these opportunities to spend a vacation well do you like the best?

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