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11 Best Tips For Transformational Travel
Looking to transform? Check out this post to find 11 tips for transformational travel and become a more thoughtful traveler during any authentic travel program.
Service Learning School Trip to New Orleans
It's been many years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but some communities never fully recovered. Students from Southern California learned why during a week designed for lessons outside the classroom.
Why Rustic Pathways Encourages Students to Limit Smartphone Use During Travel
Rustic Pathways lets students keep their phones during programs and does not confiscate them. We however encourages students to limit phone use during programs so they can stay present, build friendships, engage with local communities, and fully experience the culture, activities, and once-in-a-lifetime travel moments around them.
Why I Left My 9 to 5 Job for a Summer in Fiji
As part of our summer internship program, seasoned Rustic alum Elizabeth Ronzio joined the team as our Fiji Communications Coordinator! Here’s what she has to say about her summer living and working at our Eco-Lodge. “Just over three months ago I was at a point in my career where I wasn't learning enough, there was…
Program Leader Testimonials
The people who actually run the programs, in their own words. More than 300 seasonal leaders across 38 countries, and over half of them come back the following summer.
Rustic Eats: Global Recipes from Rustic Pathways
Thai basil chicken, Costa Rican gallo pinto, Dominican carne ripiada. The meals students ask about long after they get home, with recipes tested by our Country Directors.
7 Special Fun Facts About Makkah (Mecca Facts)
Click here to read about 7 SHOCKING facts about Makkah you never knew!
14 Sensational Fun Facts About Tokyo
Ah, the Shibuya Crossing—an orchestrated chaos, a feat of human engineering! And who could neglect the humble yet wondrous capsule hotels, embodying the epitome of spatial efficiency. How delightfully ingenious!
12 Intriguing Fun Facts About Antalya
To wander the streets of Antalya is to be enveloped in the grandeur of antiquity. From the sun-kissed shores of Lara Beach to the mysterious underground cities, there is a sense of the divine that lingers here.
11 Must-Know Fun Facts About Washington DC
Street names in Washington D.C.: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K… Why does Washington D.C. skip J street? FIND OUT HERE!
6 Unexpected Fun Facts About Australia
Pop quiz time! Which war came after World War I? Nope, not World War II, but The Emu War. And…..Australians lost against the birds.