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Here's one option... though it depends on what is most important to you - the grind of serious volunteer work or the fun of the RTW trip. Have you considered abandoning the trip and using the considerable money saved to volunteer in your favourite charity - teaching English in MacLeod Ganj, for as long as the money lasts? I assume you're serious and already have a TEFL/TESOL qualification. Being a native speaker is not enough to give the recipients sound teaching, and can be a disservice to them; I'm sure you're aware of this.
This would perhaps satisfy your wish to travel and yet volunteer at the same time, especially as the volunteering seems to be very important to you. At the moment you can find (for example) a return flight from London - Delhi for about £400ish. A 6 month visa for India is around £30, if you apply in the UK. You can extend that by going to, say, Nepal and re-entering India for another 6 months volunteering. The train from Delhi to Amritsar and the bus to Daramsala are not at all expensive. Less than £10 all in, I think. Much less if you travel 3rd class. This will place you in the charity you "feel strongly about".
Last edited by Caminando; 29 Nov 2009 at 20:53.
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