Gap year experiences

After my A-levels this summer I travelled to Ghana to volunteer in an orphanage. It was my first time doing something like this so I opted to do the project with a gap year organisation called "Madventurer." It appeared to be a good idea as it gave me the security etc i felt i needed. I honestly have to say I would never use them again, and would discourage others. I paid £995 for a month (not including flights) which paid for transfers and accomodation. I was also told 10% (£100) would go to the project I was working on. The truth is, I barely saw ANYTHING going to them. The orphanage desperately needed milk powder, food, and nappies - real ...

**GAP YEAR** *Temping Work - In Australia* Working abroad is definitely a challenge, well to me it has been. I decided to take a gap year and come over here to work for a year. I had just entered a new country, got an apartment so the next obvious step was to look for work. I went to recruitment agencies (see review for more detail) to help me find work in such a big city. First place I arrived was Sydney the most popular and well known city in Australia. I had already applied for a working holiday visa at home which meant I was entitled to work in the country legally. You need to have a visa which entitles you to work. Next step was to ...

If you don’t like long reviews, you might want to leave now; this isn’t going to be a quick one!!! Nor is it going to be about how I arranged my gap year travels. This review is about how my gap year changed me, and why I think everyone should have one. When I was 18 years old I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life, I had a few half baked ideas about being a lawyer or a psychologist but sadly neither the commitment nor the intelligence to back them up. My fiends moved straight from their A grade A levels to their top notch unis to peruse their degrees in fine art, cultural studies, and drama. I moved from my mediocre results to a part ...