We need a vacation!

Discussion in 'The Whiners' started by freedbypeace, Aug 26, 2006.

  1. freedbypeace

    freedbypeace A Woman Left Lonely

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    I know these kind of threads have been on here a lot lately so I'm sorry if it bugs ya!:)

    Let's see.....let me start off by saying that graduating high school is/was pretty damn awesome! You are free, somewhat educated, & best of all.......you get graduation money. :p I was really suprised my parents said I could go on another tour. We seem like we have more money than we do & I know it must be really hard for them to this for me. I am SO grateful! And I have told them that. It's going to be really hard to come up with it all so I have to plan way in advance, esp. cause I don't have a passport.

    A couple years ago I went on a reality tour which tries to show americans mainly, how it REALLY is in other coutries: what sort of problems there are there, how it is to live there. They are semi-eco-tourism. The tour I went on before was to Jamaica so it highlighted the political system there but we also stayed in non-tourist areas because for the most part, Americans come to Jamaica & stay in closed off resorts, they don't get to really experience Jamaica for what it really is. The trip was life-changing: it made me decide to be vegan again, made me really think about other cultures, where my clothes were made & how & essentially secured what I want to do in life.

    Since I can't go into the Peace Corps just yet, I am going to try to go on at least this one more of these trips now. I am going to go w/ my Aunt; I don't know if anyone remembers, but I lost my uncle & second father not to long ago, so we thought it would be good to something this enlightening together.

    These are our choices for places to go:
    Viet Nam
    China
    Thailand
    India
    Kenya
    Tanzania
    South Africa

    I guess I'm asking for help because I want to go to all these places!

    My Aunt told me to decide & some are more expensive than others, but I would try to earn the money no matter how much. I am very good at funraising, I raised, impromptu, around $500 in a day to give to the animals who were abandoned & hurt by Hurricane Katrina. So I think I have the willpower.

    My heart is in Africa & I want to everywhere, but I am a bit worried that I won't be able to give blood after I go there for around 10 yrs. I'm going to call the Blood Bank & ask, so that might narrow it down some...I'll let ya know. I am going to go to Africa sometime no matter what, but for now I do still want to give blood because I've only given a few times & I know it's needed.


    PLEASE HELP ME NARROW DOWN MY CHOICES! THANK YOU & CONGRADULATIONS IF YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR ON READING THIS THREAD!
     
  2. rhasta.penguin

    rhasta.penguin No more hippy...ugh

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  3. TheMaskedPotato

    TheMaskedPotato Member

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    What are the requirements for joining the Peace Corp? Do you have to have a certain amount of college completed or something? Because I really want to join.
     
  4. Ryver

    Ryver Member

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    http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.howvol.topques
     
  5. pfunk910

    pfunk910 Member

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    India. No doubt.

    -Mike
     
  6. freedbypeace

    freedbypeace A Woman Left Lonely

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    ya a b.a.
     
  7. freedbypeace

    freedbypeace A Woman Left Lonely

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    at this point it looks like thailand but i'll keep you updated
     
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