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Voluntourism: Overseas volunteer trips often hurt more than they …

Posted on February 28th, 2010 in Thailand, Thailand Volunteer

The project was in rural Thailand , and $200 could have probably bought a lot of educational resources, hired a few teachers for a month, or done a list of other things which would have added more educational value than our patchy blue …

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Volunteer building houses in Thailand? | Sustainable house

Posted on February 26th, 2010 in Thailand, Thailand Volunteer

Wondering if anyone was aware of any non profit organizations building homes or sustainable communities in Thailand ? I don’t want to go with any program that.

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Flights to Pattaya

Posted on February 25th, 2010 in General, Thailand

With more than five million visitors each year, Pattaya has built and maintains a reputation for a popular vacation spot. There are no direct flights offered from the UK to Pattays’s U-Tapao Airport. You can however get a connecting flight via Bangkik Airlines from Phuket. Most flights into Phuket originate from Bangkik its only 150km from Pattaya so it is the easiest to fly into Bankkik and get to Pattaya via the road.

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Expo 2010 / Reiseagentur Nur-Flug-Tours: Studienreise nach …

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 in Flug Thailand, News

Expo 2010 / Reiseagentur Nur- Flug -Tours: Studienreise nach Shanghai und zur Expo. Airline News Allgemein. … Kommentar abgeben. zum Thema: Expo 2010 / Reiseagentur Nur- Flug -Tours: Studienreise nach Shanghai und zur Expo …

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