<p>monkeyboy: to the average outsider, what do your experiences tell us about you and your upbringing? You realize there exists vocal criticism about “volutourism” and the $1,000s spent on flying here and there – when often, the $ can be spent locally or just donated to the target need.</p>
<p>For instance: what is the annual income of one adult male in those villages you visited in Peru? And I’m sure you found them working pretty hard for that money too, didn’t you? And yet, what was the cost of one of your trips to visit them?</p>
<p>I’m not saying your family doesn’t have a right to spend money how they want – but you should be aware that most of the world would look at your trips askance and wonder if you have any notion about income inequality. Hopefully yes. Perhaps no.</p>