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It is designed to promote the concept of Charity Travel and to&#xa;encourage other travelers to follow the example.&#xa;The Charity Travel Movement is the resulting worldwide travelers&#39; movement seeking to implement our&#xa;vision.&#xa;Charity Travel is not part of any religion or institutionalized ideology.</description><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>160</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-1705772159493636054</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-15T16:57:31.667+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corona</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">coronavirus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">covid-19</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Krabi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pandemic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">quarantine</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thailand</category><title>Next Pandemic at my place?</title><atom:summary type="text">
15 April 2020. Ao Nang, Thailand.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are lucky enough to be stuck in southern Thailand, a well-known vacation paradise. Although travel plans have been nipped in the bud, we remain in good spirits and enjoy the privilege of working from our temporary home.

It is, perhaps, not much more than the sentiment of nostalgia that compels me to write at this place. Or the </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2020/04/next-pandemic-at-my-place.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><georss:featurename>Ao Nang, Mueang Krabi District, Krabi, Thailand</georss:featurename><georss:point>8.0414921 98.8366162</georss:point><georss:box>7.5381436 98.19116919999999 8.5448405999999988 99.4820632</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-8023895233901087141</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-07-26T11:57:57.712+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Amazon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Avaaz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bolsonaro</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">climate change</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">deforestation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heat wave</category><title>Climate change and the Amazon</title><atom:summary type="text">
July 26. Seoul, South Korea.


We are living a calm family life here in Seoul, South Korea. But the headlines begin to spin out of control. We are worried about the heatwaves in Northern Europe that are clearly extreme weather events caused by anthropogenic climate change, and the relentless pace of Amazon deforestation under Jair Bolsonaro.

Dear fellow travelers,

We would like you to sign </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2019/07/climate-change-and-amazon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4qMl5rynP4/XTrNIUyAXDI/AAAAAAABtvA/cswqF-OP3UEH1eIS6T0C_B95AvVluezvQCLcBGAs/s72-c/heatwave.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><georss:featurename>Tefé - State of Amazonas, 69470-000, Brazil</georss:featurename><georss:point>-4.9076341373497305 -65.9459957923329</georss:point><georss:box>-59.127529137349732 -148.56318329233289 49.31226086265027 16.671191707667106</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-3894089518771823383</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-10-26T18:12:10.592+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Brazil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elderly</category><title></title><atom:summary type="text">
26 October, 2018. Seoul, South Korea.
Yeon and I are both working as writers and living a rather minimalist life in South Korea. Recently, I learned about the plight of the elderly in this country, especially those who are not fortunate enough to have their children taking care of them. 



People are collecting cardboard for as little as $2 per DAY, in an economy where that buys you one apple </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2018/10/26-october-2018.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RHXlHYxkDjQ/W9M8uZIYoGI/AAAAAAABoKs/KkXScnm3U8wq55cAr5aeAhJEcyTqY2UJwCLcBGAs/s72-c/mmcamera2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-3245877210058933921</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 12:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-05-20T14:32:13.667+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">initiatives</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Laos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mapping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">maps.me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">visa</category><title>Mapping local initiatives using maps.me</title><atom:summary type="text">20 May 2018. Seoul, South Korea.On a short trip to Laos I realized that mapping small local initiatives can be done using maps.me instead of using sites like kindmankind.net or its successors.

Kamiel has to do a visa run every three months and this time he went to Lao DPR. While he was on a short bicycle tour he encountered ladies weaving on the side of the road, with a traditional loom. </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2018/05/mapping-local-initiatives-using-mapsme.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-4048111670110055065</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-03-02T04:01:12.075+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">March</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nostalgia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">strength</category><title>Happy month of March</title><atom:summary type="text">
March 1, 2018. Seoul, South Korea.


Dear fellow Traveler for Good, we are still living happily in Seoul. Our daugther Miru turned five years old in January. She goes to the highest grade of kindergarten today, where she already learns reading and basic math.

We focus on art and writing and live quite a minimalist lifestyle. We hope you are also finding the inspiration this month!

I write </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2018/03/happy-month-of-march.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--KXLomFx8k4/Wpi-X2wm83I/AAAAAAABmxs/hW9kbJ5mYHULZ4H_KT9xTD6j9JV7h2lQgCKgBGAs/s72-c/94e5d46a-14ee-4249-828d-355dc498a91e" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-5688432044824889785</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-15T10:17:46.717+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chiang Mai</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pai</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thailand</category><title>A trip to Pai, Thailand</title><atom:summary type="text">
15 November 2017. Seoul, South Korea.
We traveled to Northern Thailand for a vacation, to the valley of Pai that has turned into a tourist hotspot. It is frankly a beautiful place and you can still escape the hustle and bustle of the main tourist street. Its accessibility by bus (a 3 hour drive from Chiang Mai) makes it a great destination for families. So, why reporting on our family vacation </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-trip-to-pai-thailand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41gWMAN6Rdk/WgwBTSCbu_I/AAAAAAABmXc/b-SD67hQvmg_OHTUTLx6JN8E_Z2qmyinwCLcBGAs/s72-c/20171024_115341.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-583578498395127416</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-13T16:57:58.112+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freedom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">poverty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">refugees</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rich</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vacation</category><title>Summer vacation</title><atom:summary type="text">
13 July. Seoul, South Korea.


We are living in the Mangwon neighbourhood for more than 3 months now and apart from some health problems we are happy. Having accomplished more than 3 months in a place where we in principle have the legal possibility to remain as long as we like, makes us pause and think about the world&#39;s over 65 million of internationally and internally displaced persons. The </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2017/07/summer-vacation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-osnXFkFNCKI/WWeKS9qSmZI/AAAAAAABlyM/FRtZqt-HBq4OhIji-iSmUwbQO5jCwi61QCKgBGAs/s72-c/DSC04679.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-2588074447124631100</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-03-27T13:23:08.375+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">apartment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mangwon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">moving</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seoul</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">settling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">South Korea</category><title>Meet the original Charity Travelers in Seoul</title><atom:summary type="text">
27 March 2017. Seoul, South Korea.


After a very long search we have writte occasionally about on this blog, we have finally found a home to live in. It is in Mangwon, an up-and-coming hip neighborhood of Seoul. Our daughter Miru goes to the kindergarden here, which she enjoys very much.

After so many years en route or in temporary arrangements, it feels almost surreal to decorate our own </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2017/03/meet-original-charity-travelers-in-seoul.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dvd0bKdkB-4/WNj12ct0yOI/AAAAAAABHkI/cDPw73dKC64MvYLqEGnMFd5FjVE89uv7ACLcB/s72-c/mangwonmove.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Mangwon-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea</georss:featurename><georss:point>37.5559772 126.9012821</georss:point><georss:box>37.5433892 126.88111210000001 37.5685652 126.9214521</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-7009546215071042457</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-17T10:22:51.108+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Charity Travel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">connections</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">future</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seoul</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">South Korea</category><title>Moving to South Korea</title><atom:summary type="text">December 16, 2016. Seoul, South-Korea.We have once again moved to South Korea. This time we hope to find a home that will be permanent enough to call it ours and develop the higher level of creativity we dream about.
As creatives - and I don&#39;t mean to use that term in an arrogant way - our contribution to the advancement of humankind would consist of making things our fellow beings regard as </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2016/12/moving-to-south-korea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><georss:featurename>Seoul, South Korea</georss:featurename><georss:point>37.566535 126.97796919999996</georss:point><georss:box>37.1637645 126.33252219999996 37.969305500000004 127.62341619999997</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-290532093793414816</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-08-17T14:07:13.807+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Berlin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">refugee academy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">refugees welcome</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sensecamp</category><title>MakeSense Berlin 2016</title><atom:summary type="text">August 17, 2016. Berlin, Germany.We, the founders of Charity Travel, are living in Berlin, in the neighbourhood Prenzlauer Berg, until September 11.
We hope you had a great summer. Some of what we did: Yeon worked on promoting her book.
In July, Kamiel visited the SenseCamp, an unconference for sustainability which had a special focus on the refugee crisis this year.

He found out about some </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2016/08/makesense-berlin-2016.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-4700939313957928077</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2016 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-07-02T14:22:39.264+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Berlin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">equality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Latin America</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">star-ups</category><title>Berlin Summer</title><atom:summary type="text">July 2, 2016. Berlin, Germany.We have returned to Berlin at the end of May and will stay in this city for at least the month of July. We are looking for something meaningful to work on, where we can make a difference. Hiding within the current fast culture of commercial start-ups, there are wonderful collaborations and who knows we find one that is a good match for us. Perhaps we can even create </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2016/07/berlin-summer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><georss:featurename>Berlin, Germany</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.520006599999988 13.404953999999975</georss:point><georss:box>52.210736099999991 12.759506999999974 52.829277099999985 14.050400999999976</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-5132457011716442678</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-04-26T18:08:06.537+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seoul</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">South America</category><title>Internet Equality and Theater</title><atom:summary type="text">27-4-2016. Seoul, South Korea.April has almost ended so it&#39;s time for an update about the original charity travelers. We are living in Korea at the moment, both writing. Yeon is publishing her second book about traveling with young children. Kamiel also writes and his stuff is open source on creativechoice.org

We will probably stay in or near Berlin this coming summer, but we can&#39;t wait to </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2016/04/internet-equality-and-theater.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><georss:featurename>Seoul, South Korea</georss:featurename><georss:point>37.566535 126.97796919999996</georss:point><georss:box>37.1637645 126.33252219999996 37.969305500000004 127.62341619999997</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-1102007833034461538</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-02-17T14:55:04.671+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kisumu</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sustainability</category><title>Tawi Initiative Western Kenya</title><atom:summary type="text">


I can personally vouch for this local sustainability initiative near Lake Victoria, in Western Kenya. Its founder, Dennis is a dear friend of mine. Such initiatives show that a lasting transformation to sustainable practices happens best when there is no interference by large foreign aid agencies, but is nurtured by and under the full responsibility of the stakeholders.

https://</atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2016/02/tawi-initiative-western-kenya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><georss:featurename>Kisumu, Kenya</georss:featurename><georss:point>-0.0917016 34.767956799999979</georss:point><georss:box>-0.3457596 34.445233299999977 0.1623564 35.090680299999981</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-2598059518903100169</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-11-18T15:44:01.059+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Berlin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lisbon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">settling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">theatre</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><title>In solidarity against the horror</title><atom:summary type="text">Nov 18. Utrecht/Lisbon, Netherlands/Portugal.Charity Travel feels with the family and friends of all victims of the horrible attacks in Beirut and Paris and everywhere. We stand for global solidarity and are not afraid of Islamic fundamentalism, or in fact any other kind of fundamentalism. The outpour of solidarity in the wake of the Paris attacks stems us cautiously hopeful. We, all humans not </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2015/11/in-solidarity-against-horror.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-4349972769385977932</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-23T13:59:38.790+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mamacaravana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Portugal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">theatre</category><title>Bounced Back: Berlin</title><atom:summary type="text">
23. September 2015. Berlin, Germany.
Our theater journey has come to an end. On its website mamacaravana.org you can watch some photos and videos.
We are currently in Berlin, preparing for a winter in southern Portugal to finish some writing projects. We are looking forward to some more stability with our daughter Miru.
Our mamacaravana-journey was fun. We liked Miru being around other children </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2015/09/bounced-back-berlin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKHYmnAK-co/VgKRuSxKXqI/AAAAAAAAKRo/E6wMiY3j6Lo/s72-c/DSCF9896.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><georss:featurename>Berlin, Germany</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.520006599999988 13.404953999999975</georss:point><georss:box>52.210736099999991 12.759506999999974 52.829277099999985 14.050400999999976</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-3330252085659469784</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-05-27T18:21:19.518+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lisbon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mama Caravana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">theater</category><title>Mama Caravana</title><atom:summary type="text">
25 May 2015. Lisbon, Portugal.


Sometimes opportunities are right in front of our eyes. We are living in a vibrant Lisbon flat now for two months, and decided to jump in on the travel theatre project of our flatmate. We will journey from Lisbon to Prague in campervans and perform improvisational street theatre with three toddlers in many places along the way. It will be a great opportunity to </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2015/05/mama-caravana.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7DNy5Lxjj54/VWXutv-2V4I/AAAAAAAAKOU/U5GSYjT-nrA/s72-c/mamac.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Lisbon, Portugal</georss:featurename><georss:point>38.7222524 -9.1393365999999787</georss:point><georss:box>38.6231754 -9.3006980999999787 38.8213294 -8.9779750999999788</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-2084906767470418157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-04-15T21:36:05.663+02:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text">

15 April. Lisbon, Portugal.
After interesting times in the countryside of Portugal, we have decided to move to Lisbon and work on our writing. Kamiel is improving his web site creativechoice.org, beginning with his Dutch site, komrijm.creativechoice.org, and working on some paid projects too. Yeon is finishing her book about traveling with a baby and looking for new challenges. We have found a </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2015/04/15-april.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ObZvssWjdSo/VS65t71GqnI/AAAAAAAAKJk/LCV7vg1yLTA/s72-c/_DSC5045.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-549694040294921336</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-02-20T14:49:40.274+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">burying money in the ground</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">buy property</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gift economy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Portugal</category><title>Searching again for land in Portugal</title><atom:summary type="text">
20 February. Meda de Mouros, Portugal.


After a wonderful journey through east and west Europe, in which we visited Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Venice, and Arles, we are now back in Portugal and continue our quest for a piece of property. Spring is beginning and the temperatures will rise soon, and we are in good spirits that we will find something this year. Meanwhile, we are trying to connect </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2015/02/searching-again-for-land-in-portugal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdmbpWMNcaE/SYt9roD21oI/AAAAAAAAAak/bx3bLObyhcY/s72-c/IMG_2689.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total><georss:featurename>3300 Arganil, Portugal</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.218499 -8.0537908999999672</georss:point><georss:box>40.194250000000004 -8.0941313999999664 40.242748 -8.013450399999968</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-8230321728987629304</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-12-10T12:21:21.623+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">France</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><title>Driving home for Christmas</title><atom:summary type="text">10 December 2014. Molliets et Maa, France.
We have been living in Portugal for three months, made friends, explored the countryside - and almost found a piece of land suitable for our purposes. We decided to travel to the Netherlands for Christmas, and return to Portugal early next year.

Meanwhile, the Rainbow Community Center in Kisumu, Kenya is doing well, and kept the spirit of Traveling for </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2014/12/driving-home-for-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-4089721374715791036</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-08-05T12:07:05.253+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Arganil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lisbon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Oliveira do Hospital</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Portugal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Serra da Estrela</category><title>Moving on: Serra da Estrela via Lisbon</title><atom:summary type="text">5 August, 2014. Udenhout, Netherlands.
We have enjoyed our stay at the edge of a quiet national park in the south of the Low Countries - but (how often did we use this cliché?) it is time to move on. We will be in Lisbon next week, couchsurf, enjoy the city, and travel north to the Serra da Estrela region.

We, the original cast of Charity Travel, might finally be actually living somewhere... You</atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2014/08/moving-on-serra-da-estrela-via-lisbon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-8246378094445097026</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-06-18T00:31:28.260+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">house</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Netherlands</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Portugal</category><title>Preparing for Portugal</title><atom:summary type="text">
16. June 2014. Udenhout, Netherlands.
We are finally preparing to live in a little house, somewhere in the green hills of Serra da Estrela, central Portugal - for a while. It seems to us that this is the right moment to do it. We will work on our writing and see to it that Miru is surrounded by the magic of the southern European countryside. Feel free to contact us if you are in the region.
</atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2014/06/preparing-for-portugal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><georss:featurename>Udenhout, The Netherlands</georss:featurename><georss:point>51.6108261 5.1439298999999892</georss:point><georss:box>51.531950599999995 4.9825683999999892 51.6897016 5.3052913999999891</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-947899345045202807</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-20T14:43:45.736+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ecovillage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Korea</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ledesma</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ouishare</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Portugal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><title>Happy Easter Everybody</title><atom:summary type="text">
20 April. Vila Flor, Portugal / Seoul, Korea
We are still looking for a place to live in Spain or Portugal. While Yeon is currently visiting her family in South Korea, Kamiel is hitch-hiking in Portugal after a short stay with a wonderfully excentring philosopher in Ledesma near Salamanca, enjoying walks through its magical surroundings. He will visit ecovillages and communities in Portugal, </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy-easter-everybody.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fqpCKyJyOOs/U1PAWxVMLsI/AAAAAAAAJuY/fj3PbagBP9g/s72-c/DSC00365.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><georss:featurename>5360 Vila Flor, Portugal</georss:featurename><georss:point>41.3082814 -7.1534675000000334</georss:point><georss:box>41.284425899999995 -7.1938080000000335 41.3321369 -7.1131270000000333</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-9142662310574968274</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-15T15:04:29.451+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">car explosion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Granada</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kindmankind</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">resiliance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Spain</category><title></title><atom:summary type="text">
15. March, 2014, Madrid, Spain.


The founders of Charity Travel have been traveling in Spain for a bit more than a month now. We are searching for a place to live a sustainable life, devoting ourselves to permaculture, art, writing, and raising Miru. A couple of weeks ago, an incident reminded us of our privilege as citizens of rich nations. We were driving on a gorgeous countryside road in </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2014/03/15.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LNBOPbAxRVs/UyRdmw0fWOI/AAAAAAAAJto/_g0qM87KN7k/s72-c/burnt.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><georss:featurename>Madrid, Spain</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.4167754 -3.7037901999999576</georss:point><georss:box>40.0300424 -4.3492371999999575 40.8035084 -3.0583431999999577</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-7512064520083280263</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-23T00:29:53.871+01:00</atom:updated><title>Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014!</title><atom:summary type="text">
22 December. Udenhout, Netherlands.


Merry Christmas everybody! We wish all our readers and fellow charity travelers a joyous Christmas and a 2014 full of wonder and goodness. As for us, everything is going smoothly. We will finally head down to Spain after Christmas. Finding like-minded people doesn&#39;t seem too difficult, and we&#39;ve met many families with the desire to move on toward a more </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2013/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-2014.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRzVRaYhmD4/Urd0yWxYpcI/AAAAAAAAJrU/6I6jlgjbMUE/s72-c/MerryChristmas.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951903464848558977.post-715186829435134121</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-10-02T21:13:46.101+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">amaidi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Berlin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">domerang</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Miru</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">preparation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Spain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transition village</category><title>Autumn leaves. We stay in Berlin</title><atom:summary type="text">
2. October 2013. Berlin, Germany.


Yeon, Miru, and Kamiel are still in Berlin Kreuzberg. Anyone heading this way: welcome! Just drop us a line so we can plan your stay, as we tend to have many visitors through couchsurfing.

The preparations for our transition village in Spain are going well. We are organizing through a Facebook Group. To those who are curious about this - don&#39;t hesitate to </atom:summary><link>https://charitytravel.blogspot.com/2013/10/autumn-leaves-we-stay-in-berlin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kamiel Choi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C496QK_yzQk/Ukxu-jmTnBI/AAAAAAAAJlw/SCi8c9tH2B8/s72-c/DSC00019.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item></channel></rss>