ap year safe? These questions come up a lot among first time travellers, and there is often a lot of confusion between levels of personal fear and genuine danger, to the point the fear of travel becomes overblown. So given that it is such an important topic I just want to take a moment to discuss whether travelling the world or taking a gap year is safe or not.
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Is Backpacking Around The World Safe?
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Posted in Travel Safety
Posted in Travel Safety
The Downsides To Solo Travel That No One Will Tell You About.
Solo travel is one of the best ways to travel the world, and I will always advocate that every traveller try it at least once in their lives, but it isn’t for everyone and like everything in life there are negatives to go with the positives. Here are the 10 downsides to travelling alone that no one will tell you about.
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Posted in Solo Travel, Travel Lists
Posted in Solo Travel, Travel Lists
10 Things You Have To See And Do In Granada, Spain.
Granada in Spain is a huge cosmopolitan city with a ton of things to keep even the most ardent traveller occupied for weeks and no travel itinerary would be complete without at least a short stop here, so here are the top ten best things to see and do to help you maximise your time in this amazing, must see city.
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Posted in Travel Lists
Posted in Travel Lists
The Good And The Bad Of Elephant Tourism In Sri Lanka.
Elephant Safaris are a major part of Sri Lanka’s eco tourism industry, but are they all as responsible as they claim to be?
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Dropping Out And Living The Yoga Life In Sri Lanka.
Ulpotha appears to be the ultimate yoga retreat, a health and wellness getaway in the middle of Sri Lanka. Is it all it is cracked up to be?
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
10 Realities Of Quitting Your Job To Travel The World.
Quitting your job to travel the world is a romantic ideal, and one that is frequently pondered by almost everyone as they struggle with the morning commute on another wet and miserable Monday morning, but is the reality all it is cracked up to be? Read on to find out what actually happens when you do finally quit and get on that plane!
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Posted in Travel Lists, Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Lists, Travel Talk
Just One More Thing In Colombo.
A short visit to Colombo in Sri Lanka opened my eyes to what an amazing city it really is, and here is exactly why more backpackers should make it a part of their gap year itinerary.
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
The Horrible Truth About Animal Sanctuaries.
Animal and wildlife sanctuaries are a huge part of the gap year industry now, and there are a lot of great sanctuaries that do so much good for wildlife care and conservation, but not all of these sanctuaries are what they seem and many often do far more harm than good. Read on and learn the real truth behind many of these so called sanctuaries.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
A Gap Year Is For Life, Not Just When You Graduate!
A gap year is still seen as a privilege of youth, as an indulgence of time and lack of responsibility that only those just graduating from university or still in their early twenties can afford. At no time as that ever been more wrong than it is today.
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Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
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