So you’re about to embark on the trip of a lifetime and you’ve packed all your travel gear into your backpack, but wait, what’s that bulky thing taking up half of your packing space?! You may well think that rolling up a towel or two from home will be sufficient for your trip, but not […]
Guest post by Ben Fisher Ben travelled to Sri Lanka where he took part in a 4 week community work project in the coastal village of Kosgoda. Like most people planning a gap year, I thought I should spend time doing something worthwhile; something to give back to the world I’d freeloaded off for the last 18 years. […]
By Tom Colley Tom spent 2 and a half months backpacking through the Middle East after a stint in Eastern Europe, here he gives you an account of his experiences as well as helpful tips and advice. Turkey & Syria My travels in the Middle East followed on from the three months I spent travelling through […]
By Stephanie Wright Stephanie spent 5 months volunteering in Ecuador as a teacher and in an orphanage with youth development charity Lattitude Global Volunteering during her gap year. The Travel Towel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was not exaggerating when it stressed the importance of always knowing the location on one’s towel. But […]
Avoiding mosquito and insect bites during your gap year is paramount to preventing pain, discomfort and in some more unfortunate cases, deadly diseases such as Malaria and Dengue Fever. When you’re planning the trip of a lifetime, mosquito defence can often be the last thing on your mind, but a relaxed attitude to bite and […]