{"id":1572,"date":"2010-01-03T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T14:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelwithpaulie.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-07-05T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T17:49:02","slug":"about-meaningful-travel-and-paulie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulgoodchild.me\/blog\/about-meaningful-travel-and-paulie\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaningful Travel With Paulie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welcome To The Travel Section<\/h2>\n<p>This whole section was once an entire blog, name &#8216;Travel With Paulie&#8217;, and perhaps that&#8217;s how you arrived here.\u00a0 I migrated the content to this blog for several reasons, mainly for ease of administration, and the overlap between the topics involved.<\/p>\n<p>All the same content exists and can be found in their respective sections on this site:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/category\/cat-volunteering\/\">Volunteering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/category\/cat-travel-diary\/\">Travel Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/category\/cat-travel-tips\/\">Travel Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/category\/cat-society-and-culture\/\">Society and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you find the content here useful, and please, at any time, please feel free to share what you find, or comment on articles you find interesting or otherwise.<\/p>\n<h2>The Why?<\/h2>\n<p>This travel section is dedicated to chronicling my experiences that began in January 2010 &#8211; a mission to travel around different parts of the earth while partaking in free or minimal fee-based volunteering projects.<\/p>\n<p>After 6 years working in the 9-to-5 rat-race in Japan, I realised that instead of &#8216;working for the man&#8217;, I wanted to work for those who needed a helping hand in lifting themselves up from the gaping maws of poverty.\u00a0 After reading several <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\">books<\/a> such as &#8216;Leaving Microsoft to Change the World&#8217;, &#8216;Vagabonding&#8217;, and &#8216;Banker to the Poor&#8217;, I knew I had to dedicate at the very least some of my energies to travel and helping those who just needed help to help themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>The How?<\/h2>\n<p>This journey is one of ignorance and exploration and <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/\">growth<\/a> &#8211; I have no idea what to expect while I&#8217;m out there, and how exactly I&#8217;ll find the sorts of the projects I&#8217;m looking for.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to pay exorbitant &#8220;voluntourism&#8221; agent fees but instead discover &#8216;free&#8217; or basic cost-covering fee-based organisations and projects.<\/p>\n<p>I intend this to help other travellers and volunteers, and the wider world.\u00a0 I want to share the experiences I have along the way with a view to opening up our minds to what&#8217;s <em>really <\/em>out there, sharing travel plans and ideas etc., and providing tips along the way.\u00a0 Of course, showing <strong>you <\/strong>how you too can get involved in volunteering and make your travel\/vacation\/holiday a more meaningful experience.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy, and can take something valuable and useful from it.\u00a0 Please feel free to share what you have learned if you find a particular article informative and\/or interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome To The Travel Section This whole section was once an entire blog, name &#8216;Travel With Paulie&#8217;, and perhaps that&#8217;s how you arrived here.\u00a0 I migrated the content to this blog for several reasons, mainly for ease of administration, and the overlap between the topics involved. 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