We all love to talk about cultural, socially responsible and educational travel, right? And we're always looking for good resources to help us along our way right? Right. Now get your mouse perched and your mouse finger warmed up because I'm about to share a "must bookmark" website. Ready?
Global Exchange : Reality Tours
Go to their website. Read. Drool. Take notes. Then pull out your calendar. Call your coolest friend(s) and start planning your next escape into reality as it should and can be:
"The idea that travel can be educational, transformational and positively influence international affairs motivated the first Reality Tours in 1989. Unlike traditional tourism, Reality Tours promotes socially responsible travel as our participants build true "people to people ties". Reality Tours are founded on the principles of experiential education and each tour focuses on important social, economic, political and environmental issues. When you journey with us you will meet the people, learn the facts first hand, and then discover how we, both individually and collectively, contribute to global problems and how we can enact positive change."
Did you get all that? I suggest you reread it once or twice. Yep. Now's your heart racing? Good mission, well articulated. Know more organizations helping connect socially responsible, culturally curious travelers who seek "people to people ties"? Then email them to us and let's share the good news.
Let's face it, the best travel is absolutely educational. It's first-hand experiential education, plunging you into otherness, cultivating your wonder, connecting you to human beings and communities and experiences that force you to grow. Looks promising!
