January 27, 2009

Reflecting on PEPY Ride 4

The PEPY Ride IV raises $19,079. Trip Leader Lucky Herath describes the adventure in the following article:

PEPY Ride 4 TeamThe PEPY Ride IV was an incredible ride across Cambodia, through bustling city traffic and down quiet countryside red-dirt roads alike. We rode in between cows crossing our paths, through landscapes of open blue and white sky mirrored by dusty golden land, and with a little laughter and help, managed to pick ourselves up out of rice fields when we fell. We stopped to fly kites with friendly children, suck down sugar cane juice and coconuts by the ton, and rest by the side of the road on the edge of wide fields as mobs of small curious kids gathered to say hello.

January 26, 2009

“Adventurous Traveling, Responsible Volunteering” — Voluntourism Effective Practices

Voluntourism is an increasingly used word reflecting two burgeoning industries: tourism and volunteering. Just as it sounds, voluntourism is loosely defined as volunteering while traveling, though […]
December 24, 2008

PEPY Ride 4 Begins

by Lucky Herath I am totally blown away after meeting all the riders! It has been so much fun matching faces and in-life personalities to names […]
August 21, 2008

Are International Volunteer Organizations Good?

The PEPY Team Journal Are International Volunteer Organisations Good? This article brings up many of the worries we at PEPY have about international volunteer organizations, ours […]
February 20, 2008

All Smiles, PEPY Tour Begins

This morning five smiling ladies and one lucky (literally) bloke set off on the Southern Cambodian Cycling Adventure. They’ll be pedaling down to the coastal towns […]