Take a safari into Botswana's Okavango Delta, the world's largest oasis, where "if you see 10 percent of what sees you, it's an exceptional day." Sail the Grenadines, 32 islands and hundreds of dotlike cays strung like a necklace of gems across 40 miles of pristine waters. Tour the covered souks of Aleppo, where the labyrinthine streets seem straight out of A Thousand and One Nights and frankincense and myrhh are still sold. Hike the Tasman Glacier. Climb the Tuscan hills to San Gimignano. Stay at the Hassler in Rome, or Paris's Crillon-you must, at least once. There's Canyon de Chelly, Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market, the backwaters of Kerala, Ipanema beach, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Mesa Verde's cave dwellings, the Oaxaca Saturday market, Ballybunion Golf Club.

The prose is gorgeous, seizing on exactly what makes each entry worthy of inclusion. And, following the romance, the nuts and bolts: addresses, phone and fax numbers, web sites, costs, best times to visit. Of special interest are subject-specific indexes-gorgeous beaches, destination restaurants, world-class museums-making the guide entirely user-friendly, no matter if you're dreaming or going.

• Tips from voluntourism industry leaders on what makes a good volunteer
• Advice from renowned travel writers, as well as serial volunteers on how to on select the right project for your personal voluntary style
• Coverage of issues facing voluntary travelers such as to pay or not to pay to volunteer
• Detailed project description of 750+ global philanthropic travel opportunities and hundreds of additional resources by region
• An extensive index of projects allowing readers to compare available opportunities at a glance by skill, region and type of travel

'700' presents options and inspirations for every style of traveler: budget, families, teens, humanitarian, wildlife, education, conservation, builders, tour combos, business, skilled, unskilled... Simply put, '700' is an introduction to awe-inspiring possibilities and a new way of experiencing the world!

About the Author
Zoologist Nola Lee Kelsey is the author of seven books, the creator of The Voluntary Traveler and the maniacal queen bee behind The Volunteer Before You Die(tm) Network, in charge of fluttering about and pollination every aspect of the network's blog, podcast, Facebook page and Twitter posts while making everyone around her a little bit nervous.

Over the past two decades Nola has worked as a dog caregiver for Best Friends Animal Society (Nat Geo Channel's `Dogtown'), a reptile keeper, marine park trainer, penguin handler and a wildlife rehabilitator. She is also a self-confessed serial volunteer for global animal rescue organizations.

As she has meandered the globe, her humor and travel articles have appeared in hundreds of diverse publications from Reptiles Magazine to The Bangkok Post Over the course of her life, Kelsey has been bitten by just about everything - twice! The final culprit was the writing bug. (According to Kelsey, this distant relative of the travel bug actually pumps ink into your veins while sucking your wallet dry.)

Kelsey is also a professional speaker and a published photographer with (and this is the only part that matters) a passion for educating people about volunteer travel opportunities.