Looking to experience the Chinese culture? Hike in Matchu Picchu?
Or help out a small community in India? Rustic Pathways, a travel and service
company for high school students, can help you fulfill those desires. This
summer I traveled with Rustic Pathways to spend four months in small Tibetan
communities in India. It was an extremely inspirational and rewarding
experience. While in India I had the opportunity to live and work beside the
Tibetan people in their community. We taught the small monks English, we
cemented a path for them to walk to school, we also helped build a temple for
them to pray. The best part of this trip was having the opportunity to see the
people reap the benefits. The children smiled and laughed as we taught them
words that may have sounded silly to their ears, such as “llama” and “hippopotamus,”
and bow down to us, thanking us for improving their walk to school. Just their
smiles were enough to know how much they appreciated our work in their
community. If you want to help out people like the small monks in India and
experience a culture very different from your own, go to www.rusticpathways.com for more
information on how you can broaden your horizon and lend a helping hand.
