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Dicas gerais do Sudeste Asiático | Duas no mundo

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Dicas gerais do Sudeste Asiático. Dicas gerais do Sudeste Asiático. Nunca imaginei que Sudeste da Ásia fosse como é. Na minha imaginação de viajante iniciante, eu pensava que ia encontrar lugares muito pobres, falta de energia constante, ruas de barro, tudo ao contrário do que eu encontrei. Claro, visitamos países realmente assim, mas no geral é bem diferente. Por mais que eu lesse mil revistas, livros e sites, eu viajava na batatinha…. Digitalize todos os seus documentos, cartões de crédito e tudo que v...

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What a Blind Masseur, Elder Crossbow Maker, and Deaf Server Taught Me About Competitive Advantage | Favela Entrepreneur

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Building a business in the most unlikely place. What a Blind Masseur, Elder Crossbow Maker, and Deaf Server Taught Me About Competitive Advantage. June 4, 2015. I remember the collective cringing and suppressed giggling in my seventh grade Spanish classroom when we learned our textbook’s word for “disabled”. 8220;Don’t stare! Like so many others who’ve never had meaningful personal experiences with disability, I’m stuck in the mindset of pity. We view mental and physical disability, often...I’m tal...

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Backstreet Academy: a Startup to Promote Learning through Sustainable Travel in Southeast Asia | Today's Web

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Everything that's new and hot on web, technology, social media, mobile and startups. Backstreet Academy: a Startup to Promote Learning through Sustainable Travel in Southeast Asia. March 22, 2015. Some of the present-day startups. Are doing truly amazing stuff in attempt to make our world a better place to live in. A unique mix of traveling and learning contrived by Backstreet Academy. A Singapore-based startup, deserves a closer look. In Hanoi, you can learn Vietnamese and Chinese calligraphy. Courses i...

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Backstreet Academy Lets You Experience The Raw Street Arts Of A City And Try Out New Things

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Mergers & Acquisitions. Backstreet Academy Lets You Experience The Raw Street Arts Of A City And Try Out New Things. March 1, 2015. If you are a traveler with taste buds for local experience, we are bringing to you Backstreet Academy. The academy is a for-profit marketplace. Which helps in creating a unique travel experience. It connects travelers with locals who are amazing at what they do in order to create one-of-a-kind tours or activities. More than 400 interesting and traditional experiences. Are th...

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Photo: Wat Lanka, Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh and surrounds. If you’re the kind of person who prefers to do rather than see, Phnom Penh’s Backstreet Academy. Gives you the opportunity to get up close with Khmer culture in a different way. Practical short courses in Cambodian traditions of the dancing, fighting and crafty variety provide an insight into a heritage which is often overshadowed by its neighbours’ more slickly marketed art forms. Advanced moves not lesson one! You’ve eaten it, now learn to cook it.

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Investment Showcase | AVPN Annual Conf 2015

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Venture Philanthropy in Practice. 20 - 23 April 2015. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. AVPN Members Day (20 April 2015). Conference Day 1 (21 April 2015). Conference Day 2 (22 April 2015). The Investment Showcase is Back! Back by popular demand, we are scaling up the impact of the Investment Showcase to feature twice the number of investee organisations at our 2015 conference. We will have a maximum of 20 organisations this year! For more information about the investment showcase.

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Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan - Travel Deeper with Gareth Leonard | Tourist2Townie.com

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Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan. Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan. The Tiger’s Nest Monastery (aka Paro Taktsang) outside of Paro, Bhutan is a magical and mysterious place that you have to see to believe. It’s a sacred Buddhist site cut high into the beautiful Bhutanese cliffs, where time slows down and tradition remains paramount. The ancient monastery gets its name from the legend that Padmasambhava arrived to this location on the back of a flying Tigress during the 8th century. We dashed into the woo...

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[Guest Post] The Audacious Promises of Sustainable Tourism – Mao is Everywhere

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A Travel Blog to Wonder , Ponder by Sonia Mao. Guest Post] The Audacious Promises of Sustainable Tourism. This is a guest post by my friend, Jamon Mok, founder of http:/ www.backstreetacademy.com. The promise that was never lived up to. Don’t we all wish we could do more good while having the time of our lives travelling? Losing sight of the initial social goals (e.g. well-intentioned orphanages turned poorly run tourist traps or overpriced ‘work experience programs’). Which is probably the reason why my...

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Favela Entrepreneur | Building a business in the most unlikely place | Page 2

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Building a business in the most unlikely place. What Nobody Told Me About Long-Term Solo Travel. June 12, 2015. Climbing the limestone karst islands of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Not Being a Tourist Takes Discipline. Though I consider myself a traveler, since January I’ve often struggled to be one. Traveling requires a great effort to make yourself uncomfortable in novel surroundings, and it isn’t easy or always instantly gratifying. For example, in religious monuments, I’ve many tim...Since most people don&#...

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evajwinter | Hello Cool World!

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Cuddlies from Down Under. July 15, 2015. August 20, 2015. Eva here. The other day we were driving to our Servas host’s house in Brisbane when we saw the sign for the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. We decided that we had to go, so the next day we loaded ourselves into the car and drove off in search of the sanctuary. Continue reading →. May 15, 2015. June 10, 2015. The Crazy House (No, it’s Not our House). May 7, 2015. December 16, 2016. Eva here. Have you ever been in a house that is like a jungle? Eva here&...