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Heading overseas and want to do a good deed while you’re at it?
AngelMule is an Australian based organisation inspired by a trip that co-founders Andrew Simpson and Avis Mulhall took to Rwanda. There they visited an orphanage and just happened to have a football with them, quite the prized item in Rwanda. As Andrew says “It was the most amazing experience to turn up at the orphanage with a football and see the ecstatic reactions of the kids who had been using a plastic water bottle to kick around…”
With their aim to provide a platform that could give other travellers the chance to enjoy a similar experience, AngelMule basically enables travellers to input their current location and their intended destination and search for non-profit organisations that are in need of goods. Hopefully there is a match and the traveller can then contact them to organise delivery. Organisations or charities can detail what they need delivered and what they are able to offer as a type of reward. This could be a local tour, accommodation or even a hug.
We recently posted about Rambler helping give travellers a truly unique experience, here’s another option that means you not only get a unique travel experience, but a human one too.
Image from Springwise.com
What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?
Our awesome Sportsnet staff this week let us know…What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?
Sarah – In Mexico we walked off the main strip one night and encountered a local festival with food stalls and rides for kids and it happens only once a year for all the locals
Ornella - The police station in Mexico when my bag got stolen (SN: Sorry Ornella!)
Ian – Gibb River Road
Craig – cant think of one…
Adrian – Barramundi Gorge, NT. You break through the trees and are faced by one of the most beautiful scenes in the country as far as I am concerned! Recommend to any and everyone…
Daniel – Some amazing walking tracks in Scotland up near Lochness. Such a beautiful part of the world.
Rebecca – Don’t think I have found one yet.
David – I cannot really state I ‘found’ it because it was a place I was visiting to see friends but Kimberley, BC in Canada so far. It’s a small skiing town with some of the best snow I have ever seen. Because it’s relatively unknown there are rarely tourists, only locals, and the runs last 15-20 mins. The perfect mix of powder and ice, it was fantastic. I stayed there for Xmas – as an Aussie wanting a white Christmas – and got it in spades. It truly resembled a postcard.
Brooke – Nothing beats lying in a hammock with a Chang Beer at Sang Tong Huts in Mae Hong Son, Thailand…
Amelia – Honeymoon island- Fiji. Best snorkelling in the world. Its a tiny island and you cant stay there because its tiny but WOW!
Casey – On our way to Kiyomizu-dera in eastern Kyoto, Japan – I wandered off into the backstreets and found myself in this very old village built from wood only with a cobblestone road running through it. While I stood taking photos, I was lucky to see a Gaisha and her Maiko shuffle across the road before darting into one of the buildings. It was a very surreal moment and I’m told it’s a rarity to see them nowadays.
Rob – Djuma Game Reserve, South Africa
Sue – Lake Como….well it is on the tourist track but it’s stunning
What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?
Barramundi Gorge, Northern Territory
Gibb River Road, Northern Territory
Honeymoon Island, Fiji
Sang Tong Huts - Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Djuma Game Reserve - Mpumalanga, South Africa
What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever tried while on holiday and where were you?
This week we find out from our Sportsnet staff, what’s the weirdest food you’ve ever tried while on holiday and where were you?
Sarah – I do not really eat weird food
Ornella – Guinea Pig in Peru
Ian – Crocodile – Kimberly Region
Craig – Snake Taco, Tijuana
Adrian – ‘Surstromming’.. A Swedish dish of fermented herring…eewww but they LOVE it. Had in Sundsvall, Sweden. Is a tradition over there.
Daniel – Cockroaches in northern Thailand, millipedes in Zambia
Rebecca – Kava in Fiji even though thats not food
David – Would have to be snails and I had them in Paris. It would appear that they are soaked in garlic, then laden with more garlic, with garlic on the side but overall, definitely the ‘wierdest’
Brooke – Tarantula in Phnom Penh. Like hairy dirty sticks
Amelia – A tiny tiny chilli off a tree in Vanuatu.. it was the hottest thing i have ever eaten. Not weird… CRAZY
Casey – Fresh sea snails in Capetown, South Africa. You’d be surprised how these things are and they taste great!
Rob – Crickets fried in garlic and chilli in northern Thailand
Sue – Africa…..wildebeest, crocodile, snake!!!
Tell us what’s the weirdest food you’ve ever tried while on holiday?
Crickets fried in garlic and chilli
Garlic snails
Kava
Surstromming
Tarantulas
10 Things to Do in Abu Dhabi
If you’re travelling with Sportsnet to the 2012 Formula1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, you might be wondering what else you can do either side of the race dates Nov 2-4.
- YAS Island has go karting, golf, drag racing, driver experiences, stand up paddle boarding and live bands.
- Ferrari World has a number of rides, like: Formula Rossa – The world’s fastest roller coaster, (240 km/hr).
Plus Viaggio in Italia – A virtual voyage over Italy’s cities and monuments, mountains and coasts pursuing a Ferrari. - Go all ‘Sex and the City’ and take a desert safari or a tour through the massive dunes.
- Take a helicopter tour
- Go kayaking
- Take off-road vehicles to the majestic dunes during the day or overnight
- Visit one of the many coffee parlours for dinner and enjoy a ’shisha’ aromatic pipe
- Go shopping in the souk (bazaar / market) http://www.abudhabi.ms/shopping.html
- Visit the historic monuments and museums
- Visit the Shiekh Zayed Grand Mosque (pictured below)
- Heading overseas and want to do a good deed while you’re at it?
- What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?
- What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever tried while on holiday and where were you?
- 10 Things to Do in Abu Dhabi
- Ramble All Over The World
- 2012 ANZAC Gallipoli Tour – Day 1/2 by Sportsnet Host ‘AB’
- What’s your favourite “tourist attraction”?
- 5 Things to Do in Venice that Won’t Break the Banca
- What’s the most beautiful beach you’ve ever been to?
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