Domenic Mediate

There is not a national park that I don’t dream about visiting, even if I’ve already been. Banff, Glacier, Yosemite, and my home state: Yellowstone and Grand Tetons! And so the list goes on… Zion, Acadia, Gros, Yoho, Pacific Rim….does this RV Float on water? Serengeti, Mt Cook, Fiordland, Kakadu… Let’s GOOO!! But first, BANFF!

I left NYC Winter for 3 months to visit Thailand and Australia. I ended up gone for 2 full years as I ended up staying in Australia for 6 months and went on to be an elephant guide in Thailand and an adventure guide in Koh Rong, Cambodia. The adventure led me to travel remaining SE Asian countries for a month each, meeting & living as close to local life as I could. Volunteering in the rice fields while descending Annapurna was quite the humbling eye opener.

As much as I could use $10,000, it would fulfill me more to share it with those who inspire me. While traveling, I learned how locals thrive without modern luxuries. In 2018, I met a Cambodian who taught me a lot. Once, with no lighter, he started a fire using a spark from a battery and the lighter fluid. Recently, I gave him a month's worth of pay. His gratitude and happiness to the $300 watered my eyes. With $10,000, I would travel and give back along my journeys to those in need.