HelpX, or Help exchange, is a way to travel for free by volunteering in exchange for food and accommodation. There are other similar models like Workaway and WWOOFing, but the one I use is helpx.net. I volunteered my way across New Zealand and Australia from 2011-2013, and later found places to volunteer in Bali and Japan. Typically, I would volunteer from 4 to 6 hours a day and then have the rest of the day free to do whatever I wanted. After doing this podcast with my author and travel friend Rollie Peterkin where he asked about some of my favorite volunteering experiences, he recommended that I write them all down. So here they are, in chronological order!
Tag: Bali
Volunteering Abroad
Hi readers, I recently wrote a story about volunteering abroad, and it’s now the featured story on StartBackpacking.com! To read it click the link below: http://www.startbackpacking.com/travel/travel-organic-farm-work-wwoof/ Also, I updated my “volunteering” page with lots of photos. You can click here to find it, or find it under the ‘advice’ column up top. Bonus photo: some…