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Wide-open world : how volunteering around the globe changed one family's lives forever

Wide-open world : how volunteering around the globe changed one family's lives forever

Book 2015

"Wide-open world follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor -- voluntourism -- and it might just be the future of travel. Oppressive heat, grueling bus rides, backbreaking work, and one vicious spider monkey. Best family vacation ever! John Marshall needed a change...