Pooja and Friends

We've been doing research on places to stay in India. We're on a small budget and want to learn and meet people. A good friend of mine (thanks Maria)introduced us to a website called www.workaway.info for people like us who want to travel on a budget... and do some pretty cool stuff.



They have a huge lists of hosts (people who want volunteers) from all over the world and profiles of volunteers (me and Leen) who want accommodation and food in exchange for hard (or fun) work. Like facebook, but with a purpose! Check out the website for an idea of the broad range of projects.

So far we have a couple of cool options. Leen is interested in working at a farm/orchard at the foot of the Himalayas. Can you imagine how happy he would be walking barefoot through an orchard picking fruit all day?



We have a few other options at schools, too... teaching a variety of subjects to kids of all ages. Our first choice so far is with a woman named Pooja and her school teaching 4-11 year olds everything from maths to english. We'll be headed to Northern India the first week of December to meet Pooja and help out at her school.



Photos from Pooja's profile of the school and some of the students. We're excited to meet her! :)