Over the course of many conversations with sixth form students, I realised that one of the things deterring them from taking a Gap Year was starting university a year late. For a lot of the people I spoke to, many were adamant that they were going to start the year with peers of their own … Continue reading
“You were on your Gap Year last year?! It feels like years ago now!” Those were the words of my sister a few days ago. It really doesn’t feel like it was last year and I’m going to keep saying this, but did it even happen? One thing that confirms that it did is what being … Continue reading
On Wednesday, I woke up and opened the Facebook app on my phone. I was presented with a screen which said ‘One Year Ago’ and the following picture from my Gap Year: After 7 months🗓, 4 countries🚩, 3 continents🌏, 23 cities🏙, 6 islands🏝, 11 flights✈️, 4 SIM cards📲, 1 homeless night😰, 2 Chinese visas🎫, 1 … Continue reading
I was really excited to go to Magnetic Island as I’d heard all about the chilled atmosphere, the Barbie cars and the range of animals. The island was also supposed to be amazing for koala spotting but I didn’t get round to doing this & didn’t actually (unfortunately) see any wild ones. There are only two … Continue reading