Be a Volunteer and Explore Thailand First Hand

Life is all about caring for others. This is the reason why you draw so much more satisfaction when you do something for others than when you do it for yourself. Therefore, when you visit Thailand as a tourist, you will definitely enjoy your vacation since you would be visiting pretty places and seeing wonderful beaches and temples among other places of tourism. However, there is another kind of vacation that you would probably enjoy much more. This kind of vacation involves volunteer work in Thailand.
When you take up volunteer opportunities in Thailand, it's bound to be a totally different kind of vacation. It would be most memorable and you would probably come back a changed man because doing volunteer work involves activities that would bring you close to the less privileged people of Thailand, those who stay in villages. You could change their lives totally and, while bringing relief into their lives, you would also undergo a silent transition in your own psyche.There are several kinds of volunteer opportunities in Thailand. You could teach little children English in Surin or render valuable medical aid to the sick and ailing also in Surin's unspoiled areas. If you are inclined and qualified as a doctor or nurse or training to be one, you could help out in childcare activities in Surin or Maehongson. There is volunteer work that involves looking after elephants and gibbons or sea turtles in Phuket or Rayong and Surin. There are building activities for housing the homeless where you could involve yourself.
There are volunteer opportunities that involve community services such as in vegetable gardens and mini fish farms and these may interest you as well. These are all intensely and incredibly rewarding work that would make a difference in the quality of your vacation. While you are at work, you will enjoy getting to know the less fortunate people whose lives you could change. During the long weekends, you could explore the rich beauty of the Thailand's hinterland. You can enjoy climbing mountains, go trekking, mix with the gentle hill tribesmen or watch the wondrous sight of a sea of sunflowers near Maehongson.