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JoHo WorldSupporter and Bless the Children Foundation share some great news
JoHo WorldSupporter and Bless the Children Foundation share great news
Smokey Tours, the joint project of WorldSupporter and Bless the Children Foundation was acknowledged as an official resource to generate income part of the Bless Foundation. Bless the Children has been re-accredited by Department of Social Welfare and Development, which means that in recent years, we have met and maintained the standards of social welfare and development programs and services here in the Philippines. The certificate is valid for the next 3 years.
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Top 100: what are the best travel destinations in the world, the best trips and best travel times?
Top 100 destinations and activities abroad
Where to go on a trip?
Where to go on vacation in which particular period?
What are the best activities to do where?
What are the best destinations for a trip, trip, vacation or activity abroad do?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the fall for pleasant weather....and don't want to suffer from jet lag (leaving from Europe)
- Where best to go if you want to travel short in winter for pleasant weather....and you don't mind a little bit of jet lag (departing from Europe)
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the summer?
- Where best to go if you want to travel briefly in winter with cooler weather
- Where is best to go if you want a short trip in spring (departure Europe)?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel to a beach destination?
- Where's the best place to go if you want a weekend getaway abroad (departure Europe)?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a week to ten days (departure Europe)?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for two weeks ?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel away for three weeks?
- Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for four weeks?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a few months to a year?
- Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for three to four months?
- Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for six to eight months?
- Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for nine to 12 months
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the fall for pleasant weather....and don't want to suffer from jet lag (leaving from Europe)
- Spain : Málaga, Canary Islands
- Madeira
- Malta
- Greece : especially the southern islands
- Cyprus
- Turkey : especially the south coast
- Jordan
- Egypt : Dahab / Sinai & southern Egypt
- Cape Verde Islands
- Morocco
- Kenya combine the beaches at Mombassa or Malindi with a 'short' trip to nearby game parks
- Tanzania : Zanzibar and/or Pemba, please note the visa application process and health requirements
Where best to go if you want to travel short in winter for pleasant weather....and you don't mind a little bit of jet lag (departing from Europe)
- Spain / Canary Islands
- Israel (please pay attention to the political situation)
- Iran (please note the political situation)
- Oman
- Egypt : the southern part along the coast and the Nile
- Gambia
- Senegal
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Tanzania : including Zanzibar and/or Pemba
- Seychelles : for those with a slightly larger budget
- Mauritius: for those with a larger budget
- Reunion: super green French-speaking paradise
- Comoros: exclusive islands
- São Tomé: special and pleasant island
- South Africa: Cape Town and surroundings for one or two weeks
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel briefly in the summer?
- China: Beijing
- Bali: ideal island for one or two weeks, but a short flight
- Maldives: if you need rest or like diving or snorkeling
- Thailand: the most southern beaches on the east coast, or a tour in the north
- Sri Lanka: beautiful and varied island for a vacation of one, two or three weeks
- China: the south coast of China and/or part of the west, Hong Kong (with day trips or a few days into the rest of China)
- India: Goa for the real beach vacation, Kerala for variety
Where best to go if you want to travel briefly in winter with cooler weather
- Skiing in Turkey
- Vancouver and environs (skiing in the Rockies)
Where is best to go if you want a short trip in spring (departure Europe)?
- Madeira & Azores: for hiking, whale/dolphin watching, diving and good food
- Malta: after mid-April the average temperature is 20 degrees
- Greece: on Crete, the average temperature is above 20 degrees from May onwards
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel to a beach destination?
- December / January
- February / March
- April / May
- October / November
December / January
- Egypt: the coast is only really warm in the southernmost part. In the southern part along the Nile the temperature never drops below 23 degrees. The Red Sea area including Eilat is slightly less sunny.
- Canary Islands: the average temperature is just above 20 degrees. The sun only starts shining properly in March.
- Florida: the temperature is around 23 degrees, there are as many as six to seven rainy days these months.
- Malaysia
- Kenya
- South Africa: around Cape Town
- Mexico: in Yucatán on average only four rainy days, in March it gets even better!
- Cuba & Jamaica: Caribbean Islands always have some rain but it remains warm: about 30 degrees.
Risk:
- Mallorca:
- Malaga:
- Bali: relative rainy season
February / March
- Egypt: the beaches in the Sinai and central Egypt are warming up.
- Morocco: the south is already nice and warm, above 20 degrees in March
- Canary Islands: number of rainy days goes from eight in December/January to five in February and March
- Dominican Republic: rainy days from seven to eight in December/January to five to six.
- Antilles: on Curaçao, it rains ten days in December/January, only five days in February/March.
- Malaga: small risk, the temperature is 18 degrees but the sea water about 14 degrees and it rains seven more days in the month.
April / May
- Malta: after mid-April the average temperature is 20 degrees
- Crete from May the average is above 20 degrees
October / November
- Egypt: the beaches in Sinai and central Egypt are still nice.
- Morocco: if you stay in the south, you have the least risk of rain.
- Brazil: in the north-east it is now great weather and there are beautiful beaches to be found
- Madeira: still above 20 degrees on average, then just below that until April. As many as nine rainy days!
- Crete, Cyprus & the Turkish coast generally stay nice until mid-October.
- Tunisia, Malta: after mid-November still about 20 degrees.
- Spain (Malaga) also still always about 20 degrees
Where's the best place to go if you want a weekend getaway abroad (departure Europe)?
- While in the past you could only go to Antwerp, Brussels, London or Paris for an affordable weekend getaway, these days Nice, Barcelona, Rome, Budapest, Vienna and Istanbul are also among the affordable, and feasible options. Even it is no longer unthinkable to fly to New York for a weekend bit jet lag!)
- Also consider Marrakesh, Seville, Malaga, ....
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a week to ten days (departure Europe)?
- These days it is increasingly easy to choose a destination far away even for short vacations: taking the car to Italy to go skiing takes as long as a flight to Thailand. Moreover, because of the many new impressions you gain during that time, and the certainty of heat or sun, the return on a short, distant vacation can be a lot higher. In addition, cheap, short vacations to Mediterranean and Canary Island countries have increased dramatically. The danger with these latter vacations is that you go at a time when the water is still freezing cold, the temperature is disappointing or the rain is pouring down.
- Taking into account the possibilities of seeing a lot in a short time and traveling little, the flight time and the temperatures, you will get an overview of the best destinations for the “short” vacation below:
Top:
- Madeira (hiking/diving/eating) - Dahab/Sinai in Egypt (snorkeling/diving/beaches) - Malta - Jordan - Cape Verde Islands - The “green” Caribbean islands like Guadeloupe, St. Lucia and Martinique
Tip:
- Azores (archipelago west of Portugal) - Maldives (if you need rest or like diving or snorkeling) - Zanzibar - Jamaica - Seychelles - Mauritius - Israel (in quiet times)
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for two weeks ?
Top:
- Yucatan (East Mexico) - Southern Thailand - Zanzibar and Pemba - Fiji - Cuba - Senegal - Jordan - Costa Rica - East Coast Malaysia - South Africa (East or West) - Ghana - Sri Lanka
Tip:
- Kerala (South India) - Reunion (green French-speaking paradise) - Comoros (Island group between Madagascar and Mozambique) - São Tomé (island west of Central Africa) - Iran - Oman - Panama - Cape Verde Islands - Benin - East coast of China - Goa and Hampi (South West India) - Vancouver and environs
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel away for three weeks?
The ideal time for exploring a country or part of a somewhat larger country is three to four weeks. Even world travelers usually don't spend much longer in the same area. In that time you can both travel around, visit cities and rest for a while. Do try to pick destinations where you don't have to travel three days to get from one highlight to the next.
Top:
- Nepal - Sri Lanka (with or without the Maldives) - Zanzibar and other Tanzania - Malawi - Bolivia -Peru - Ecuador - Southern China - Southern Philippines - Northern Brazil - Panama and Costa Rica - Northeast Australia - Laos - Trans-Siberia to Mongolia (fly back)
Tip:
- Darjeeling and Sikkim (Northeast India) -Sulawesi - Eastern islands of Indonesia - Mali and Burkina Faso -Ethiopia - Cameroon -North Argentina - Sumatra -Kerala and Tamil Nadu (South India) -Guatemala and Honduras - Alaska
Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for four weeks?
Top:
- Laos and Cambodia -Tibet and Southwest China or Nepal - Combination between Peru and/or Bolivia/Ecuador -North and South India -Kenya and Tanzania -Ecuador and the Galápagos -Madagascar -Trans-Siberia to China (fly back)
Tip:
- Mayan Route (Yucatan/Guatemala/Belize) - Northern India and the Himalayan region - Argentina and Chile -South Africa (West and East) - Route 66
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for a few months to a year?
- How long should your world trip be? Do you need a year, or is a month or four enough? Of course, this depends largely on your itinerary and your budget. In practice, hardly anyone manages to make a real world trip in a year. Often whole continents have to be skipped in order not to run out of time or money.
- Anyone who wants to make a trip from Australia through Southeast Asia to India and/or China can basically do it in three to five months. You will then be in a country almost as long as most other world travelers who also have other continents on their schedule.
- When you skip expensive countries like Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and some South American countries, it is a lot more financially attractive to go for a year instead of a few months. After all, your biggest expense, the flight, is already done by then.
- The advantage of going away for a year is that you can totally rearrange your itineraries and stay in one place for a long time more easily without throwing your schedules into too much disarray.
Where is the best place to go if you want to travel for three to four months?
Top:
- Around Southeast Asia - South and East Africa or Madagascar - India, Nepal and Tibet, Trans-Siberia and China - Around the Andes (Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador)
Tip:
- Hippie route (overland to India) - Pan-American highway: Mexico to Panama - around the Middle East - simple “Round-the-World”
- Backpacking and traveling around the world
Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for six to eight months?
Top:
- Round Southeast Asia with India/China/Myanmar (Burma) - Madagascar and Southeast Africa -, Trans-Siberia + China and Southeast Asia
Tip:
- Gringo Trail in South America, hippie route with Southeast Asia - a mean “Round-the-World”
- Backpacking and traveling around the world
Where's the best place to go if you want to travel for nine to 12 months
Top:
- Round Southeast Asia -India and or China and Australia and/or New Zealand - Africa overland (Tip: hippie itinerary with Southeast Asia and Australia - an extended 'Round-the-World'
Tip:
- Trans-Siberia / China / Southeast Asia / Australia - the Silk Route
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Chinese New Year
What is Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is one of the all-important Chinese holidays! Most Chinese people go home to celebrate this day together with family. The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. The celebration starts well with paying off debts, a clean house and new clothes. The Chinese New Year is full of fireworks, dragon and lion dances.
The Chinese New Year begins every year between January 21 and February 20. If you are going to travel, during this period then it is helpful to make reservations because it can be crowded. All people in China have time off then.
What is the Chinese zodiac?
Instead of months, the Chinese zodiac is based on the year of birth. Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-year cycle. The 12 animals are in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
Why are the animals in this order? According to a myth, the Jade Emperor said that the order is the order of arrival at the Jade Emperor's feast. The Ox had left the night before and would be first. The Tiger would arrive early the next morning and be second. The Rat had sneaked up on the Os and jumped off the Os when he caught sight of the Jade Emperor. This put the Ox and Tiger in second and third place. The fourth to arrive was the Rabbit, who is named as “proud - even a tad arrogant - of his speed. When the Rabbit arrived at the party, no one was there yet, so he decided to take a nap and came in fourth.
Chinese new year and the year of the Wooden Dragon?
In 2024-2025, it is the year of the Wooden Dragon! The Dragon is known as a powerful symbol in Chinese culture. It is the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac and is often associated with luck, power and charisma. Wood represents nature, growth, expansion and renewal. Combined with the Dragon, which stands for strength and vitality. This may start to be a year of development. Progress with new initiatives, start-ups, technological innovations and sustainability innovations. It is the year of action! This applies specifically to the Dragon. You are Dragon if you were born in 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 or you will be born next year.
Chinese new year and the year of the Wooden Serpent?
In 2025-2026, it is the year of the Wooden Serpent! The Serpent is known to be mysterious and subtle. The Serpent brings an elegant and sophisticated influence. The Serpent is known for wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, intuition and creativity. Snakes are also characterized by luck, abundance, fertility and long life. Snakes shed their skin and renew themselves, representing rebirth and transformation. Snakes are also known for their negatives such as deception, jealousy and temptation. Snakes are enemies of the Dragon and Tiger. Snakes can be poisonous and their bite can lead to death. You are Snake if you were born in: 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025. The 2025 Wooden Snake is charming, intelligent and creative, as well as secretive and sometimes reckless. The year of the Wooden Serpent is going to be a year full of potential, innovation and possibilities. Use the positive sides of the Serpent, wisdom and intuition.
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Administrative assistant for international affairs
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JoHo is looking for reinforcement, so if you are looking for a job in combination with your study, maybe you would like to work as an 'Administrative assistant for international affairs'.
What does it mean?
- You are involved in the administrative processes surrounding the departure of students and travelers abroad.
- You support the processing of insurance policies for long stays abroad.
- You have an internal supporting role in administrative procedures and policies.
What does it give you?
- You work in an informal atmosphere and with an enthusiastic team.
- You work in a socially involved network organization that generates income to achieve its goals.
- You work in a versatile, growing and continuously changing organization.
- You have options to work between 5 and 24 hours a week. You work at the head office in Leiden.
What are you taking with you?
- You have experience with administrative work.
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There are plenty of opportunities and part-time options, also if you are looking for a permanent job in combination with your studies, feel free to send an open application
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