Are you ready to take a step out of your comfort zone, push your boundaries, and do something extraordinary over your summer break? Then our High School Specials are for you!But what is a High School Special?High School Specials are set volunteer trips abroad organized specifical
I arrived in Costa Rica at the end of May, the start of the rainy season. Barra Honda National Park, situated in the north western province of Guanacaste, was one of the lushest, greenest places I'd ever seen. On my very first night in the park, for the first time in my life, I s
The impulse to travel to Costa Rica came suddenly when we were discussing work experience with school. The idea of photocopying in an office did not appeal to me at all, so I chose to do two weeks at Barra Honda National Park on Projects Abroad’s Conservation and Environmen
When the jeep stopped a little over an hour’s hike from the Himalayan mountain village of Ghandruk, little did I realise how much of a life-changing adventure I was embarking on. A few hundred stairs and a lot of panting later, I arrived at the very top of the village, to the p
Travel has always been of immense appeal to me so when it came to the time to choose my dissertation title for my Geography degree, my first thought was where could I go to do it. For me it was the ideal excuse to go somewhere extraordinary to carry out my field research and so t
Starting offI decided on the Conservation project in South Africa/Botswana because the idea of working in such a secluded and animal-orientated environment was a very exciting prospect for me. I was very nervous before I embarked on my trip, and found myself at 3am the day before
When I left for Mongolia in summer 2011, it was not my first experience with Projects Abroad. Indeed, I had already had the opportunity to go to Costa Rica in 2009 for a Conservation & Environment project in a national park, and a teaching project in a day centre for poor chi
Is your teen ready to spread their wings and explore the world? We understand that the thought of your child flying alone can be daunting. That's why we offer chaperoned flights for our High School Special programs — designed to give parents and teens total peace of m
Visiting Africa was a dream of mine for my whole life. I remember watching nature documentaries as a child and being enchanted by the variety of animals and habitats in the world. Reading books set in Africa also contributed to this desire. When I was wondering what I was going t
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by developing countries and how different their lifestyles are to ours in the western world. I visited Kenya a few years ago on a tourist package, but this time around I wanted to experience real life as a local person.So as a
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