Words from across the World
"Travels with a purpose" is the blogsite for Mike Howell, our operations manager and keen watcher of world events through the eyes of people who make a difference
Challenge for change - a riders tale by Caroline Wagner
2008-08-07
It?s 8am ? rush hour in Phnom Penh and all the locals are out on the streets preparing to enjoy the Independence Day celebrations and boat races on the Tonle Sap river. After breakfast at the hotel we are allocated our bicycles, stow our luggage in our accompanying bus, gather up our helmets, gloves and...
National Geographic Geotourism Challenge
2008-04-15
We are very excited that The Intrepid Foundation is an entrant in the National Geographic Ashoka?s Changemakers Geotourism Challenge: Celebrating Places, Changing Lives. This is a global competition to surface and recognize innovators in geotourism, defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of the place being visited - its environment, culture, aesthetics,...
Join us in May as a volunteer in Ladakh
2008-03-20
If you ask many people where Ladakh is they probably wouldn?t have a clue! This small enclave of the mighty Indian Himalayas is one of the most unique places on earth and the landscape of Ladakh is like an arid moonscape in places as it lies in the Himalayan rain shadow. But what injects considerable...
The Kokoda track rite of passage!
2008-03-20
Despite recent press the Kokoda track is still open! The Kokoda Trail is justly famous in Australia as a tough trekking challenge, tracing wartime route through the heart of Papua New Guinea?s jungles. Despite recent rumours that the trail may be permanently closed this is not the case and the PNG and Australian Governments are...
Fly naked on first nudist holiday flight
2008-01-31
German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern German travel firm.Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings from Friday for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of Erfurt to the popular...
The world’s most amazing bike ride
2008-01-31
Check out my ?Youtube? video from a journey I made with 2 friends and my now wife from Lhasa to Kathmandu back in 2003. Breathtaking (literally), surreal, real adventure travel. Cycle 5 passes over 5000m, camp at Everest base camp and experience the longest downhill in the world; all 160km of it over 3 days.
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Could Facebook change the way we work? (invite comment)
2008-01-20
Facebook has been spreading like a virus since its launch in 2006. Is it just a socialising tool bringing networks together or could it be used as a marketing tool for keeping our network informed of new challenges? If you have an opinion on this please could you add your comment. We are thinking of...
The Intrepid Foundation
2008-01-07
It has been a big year for The Intrepid Foundation. It reached the milestone of disbursing over 1 million Australian dollars, welcomed 7 new projects in Africa, Asia, The Middle East and Australia and now have a brand new website!
www.theintrepidfoundation.org makes it easier to keep up-to-date with how your donations are making a difference, find out...
You’re not just building a house
2008-01-06
Written by Kate Smyth
I have just returned from a 5 day volunteer program with FCm and Habitat for Humanity. We worked within a small community about 1 hour outside of Cambodia?s capital Phnom Penh. These families previously lived in slums but have been relocated to this area and given a small piece of land by the Government....
The Power of Poo
2007-12-07
Say NO to socks and jocks! (and give some kick-ass presents this Christmas)
Australians gave nearly a billion dollars in unwanted Christmas gifts last year*. And among the least wanted gifts? Socks and jocks. In response to this national jock-giving crisis, Oxfam Australia?s popular Oxfam Unwrapped is back with a selection of unique gift ideas to stop...
