January 24, 2008
Meaningful travel on your honeymoon?
It must be a very rare and special couple who take time during their honeymoons to do some "volontourism". In this article, the author talks about visiting a school in Cambodia. It probably took half a day and cost a few hundred dollars ($40 for school lunches and then however much extra it costs to hire the kind of tour guide who sets this up).
The rest of their time was spent seeing Angkor Watt and their hotel package sounded pretty good: "At $95, our poolside room at Bopha Angkor was spacious yet not ostentatious, and the package included daily breakfast, a traditional Khmer dinner, and a massage."
Posted by James Trotta at January 24, 2008 10:23 AM | TrackBack
My husband & I didn't actually take time away from ourselves on our honeymoon for volunteerism. However, we did pack one of our suitcases full of supplies for a local school for disabled children. We left them in a basket at the apartment we'd rented out and the owners took them over after we'd gone. This was yet another benefit of staying in a "casita" rather than your typical hotel.
Posted by: Hannah Garbacz at January 25, 2008 2:29 PM