Live, Work & Travel in Southeast Asia
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Gap Year & Voluntary Work Continued...
Unpaid Positions & Adventure
Quest Volunteer Travel & Tours - A charitable company which specialises in travel and tours whilst supporting educational and volunteer projects in Nepal and the Philippines through the placement of foreign applicants in educational and volunteer opportunities. Programmes include teaching English in a community school and working in an orphanage.
Real Experience Thailand - Ecotourism, volunteer work, home stays and internships all around Thailand.
Sangkheum Center - Meaning 'hope' in Khymer, the Sangkheum Center for Children provides education, training, scholastic support and care to children between the ages of 4 and 17. Volunteers can help by teaching English or sports, running craft projects or assist with the business end of things.
Schools for Children of Cambodia - British charity raising funds to support and rebuild schools in Cambodia. They currently work with three schools in the Siem Reap area and are developing plans to invite students to teach English voluntarily from 3 months to 1 year.
Thai-Experience.org - Discover Thailand from the inside while helping children or handicapped persons to learn English, computers or other skills. Suitable for all ages. No special are skills required but are welcomed.
Thai Society for the Conservation of Wild Animals - Welcomes local and foreign volunteers and students but asks that their work or chosen areas of study and experience further their aims. Veterinarians, vet nurses, zoologists and biologists are especially useful.
Thresher Shark Project - Aspiring marine/shark scientists with dive qualifications may volunteer to work as a research assistant in the Philippines.
Travellers Worldwide - Short term voluntary projects in many countries throughout Asia. Hundreds of projects to choose from including teaching, conservation, care and community, work experience, cultural courses (like meditation). Full support provided - you choose dates.
Trekforce Expeditions - Trekforce projects concentrate on endangered rain forests and wildlife.
Tsunami Volunteer Center - A Thai NGO, based in Khao Lak, Thailand, formed to assist in the restoration of communities affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand - WARF is dedicated to preventing the maltreatment of wild animals and providing an environment in which rescued animals can live before returning to the wild. They recruit paying volunteers to help in tasks such as assisting the animal keepers or in gibbon release research.
Living in Southeast Asia
Real Estate and Resources for Staying Long Term
Blue Pacific Properties - Buy a home in the Philippines.
Katamanda - Villa sales and rentals in Phuket.
Khmer440.com - A sharply written look at Cambodian and expat life. Includes TEFL articles.
Laguna Property - Luxury villas in Thailand.
Living in Indonesia - A great site for expats in Indonesia.
Phuket Property - Homes and land for sale in Phuket.
Travelling in Southeast Asia
Accommodation & Getting Around
Adventures in Thai Cooking and Travel
Bangkok.com - Hotels and tourist information, travel and business guide.
Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters from the Trail - Karin's story, hitchhiking alone around Vietnam.
Khao San Road - Coverage of the farang ghetto of Bangkok, the rest of Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Nanaplaza.com - Information about Nana Plaza and other Bangkok nightlife, as well as nightlife information about the rest of Thailand.
ReidOn Travel - Lonely Planet guidebook writer Robert Reid declined a commission to update their Vietnam guide. Instead he wrote his own guide and put it the web for free.
Tales of Asia - A highly rated guide to Asia that started as a preblog blog about Cambodia, got ambitious, and is now so much more.
Travelfish.org - Originally written travel intelligence covering Southeast Asia.
Other
Culture, News...
Bangkok Post - Fine exampe of an English language newspaper.
The British Council in Thailand
The Jakarta Post - English language newspaper widely available in Jakarta and Bali.
The Nation - Thai English language newspaper.
The Star - Malaysian newspaper.
The Straits Times - English language newspaper of Singapore.
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