Reasoning and research

After reading some of my snazzy new Lonely Planet book I've been doing some internet research on how I'd actually get to Peru and what the hell I'd do once I actually got there. My three main options were:

1. Work
2. Volunteer
3. Travel

I decided in the end that I would probably go for a combination of volunteering and travelling. I found that it is meant to be very hard to get employment as an unskilled person in South America, like many other places. I would of course love to do some travelling to see the country, but couldn't realy justify the cost if that was all I was going to be doing. Volunteering sounds like a fantastic opportunity as you get to do something for the country as well as getting a great amount of experience out of it. I'm already a volunteer in my local hospital, and have done some work experience in hospitals as well, so volunteering in health care sounds like the best choice for me, and will also hopefully give me even more valuable experience as I hope to work in health when I graduate. Now I guess it is just a case of doing lots more research to try and find a programme that suits me - and that I can afford!