While service is the purpose of a Global Volunteers program, ample time is available after the work day and on weekends is available to discover the natural, historical and cultural attractions of the host country.

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Learning the History of Xi’an

Team Journal for March 22, 2015 On Sunday, Montana skipped breakfast while LuRue went down for her usual egg, bread, juice, and tea. Don happened by, having already eaten and been up for hours, of course. The two discussed a trip to the Shaanxi History Museum. Montana was ready to come, so the three took […]

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A Fantastic Day of Exploring Xi’an

Team Journal for March 21, 2015 Message of the day: “We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.”  Jackie Chan  The weekend was rather low-key for the members […]

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You Have Made a Difference in our Lives

Speech given by volunteer Priscilla Zobel at final celebration in Queretaro, Mexico: How many of you remember when you decided to become a teacher? How many of you remember a teacher who changed your life, a teacher who encouraged you? How many of you can remember feeling that a teacher believed in you? How many […]

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Joyful weekend

We rose early to have breakfast before we began our trip to Kanchipuram.  After a breakfast of boiled egg, Appam with sweet milk, we loaded our small bags into Stephen’s Tata car for our adventure.  We stopped and looked through the fence at the memorial garden, a stop that brought memories of the contemplative walk I […]

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Winding down and a night at the village!

  Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Message of the day: ”I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou As we walked to school on yet another glorious Cretan morning we began to realise we a only […]

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Week- end activities!

Saturday-Sunday. July 26-7, 2014: Message of the day: I am not a product of my circumstances.  I am a product of my decisions. Yasas! Today marks the beginning of Week 2 for our 100th Greece service team. The 16 of us who were here for Week 1 are welcoming a new member today who was unable […]

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And the work continues!

Thursday, the 10th of July, in the year 2014!   Thursday was another spectacular day of sunshine and fun times here near Ammoudara, in the Hotel Handakas, with our GV family on the Isle of Crete! In the morning, up the hill, we found our way past grape vines and olive groves, (and a barking […]

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Free time – Visit to the Koyembedu Market and the Churches

 Message of the Day:  “Travel is more than seeing sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living” –Miriam Beard (Madeline Chastain)   Today was our first day to not be with the kids because we don’t work on the weekends. Although we missed them, it was a […]

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Swings and Spectacular Views in Baños

In a post three weeks ago, the town of Baños and the waterfall Pailón del Diablo were highlighted. Baños is such a large attraction due to the fact that it offers many activities such as hiking, biking, rafting, kayaking, horseback riding, and canyoneering. Another wonderful thing about Baños is that it has places with spectacular […]

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Kancheepuram – Pondicherry – Mahabalipuram

Up early on Saturday in anticipation of our adventure to Pondicherry. We are leaving Chennai in high spirits with flowers in our hair. The road out of town is filled with new construction of apartment houses and businesses to meet Chennai’s growing Technology sector. We pass buses filled with students going to the many engineering […]

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