Wide-open world : how volunteering around the globe changed one family's lives forever / John Marshall.
Title:
Wide-open world : how volunteering around the globe changed one family's lives forever / John Marshall.
Author:
Marshall, John, 1965- author.
ISBN:
9780345549648
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Before the trip -- The Osa Wildlife Sanctuary -- WWOOF -- Volunthai -- The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission -- The Siddhartha School -- After the trip -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
The Marshall family volunteers their way around the globe: living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor-- voluntourism-- and it might just be the future of travel. Desperate to get out of a rut and reconnect with his family, Marshall dreamed of a trip around the world. Once they'd made the pivotal decision to go, John and his wife, Traca, quit their jobs, pulled their kids out of school, and embarked on a journey that would take them far off the beaten path, and far out of their comfort zones.
