Take your time and plan!! (Gap Years in general)

Name: veedub79

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Product:	Gap Years in general
Date:	08/11/06 (106 review reads)
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Advantages: Life chnaging experiences!!!

Disadvantages: can be expensive, washing your arse in a bucket ain't nice!!

For many it is a chance to get away from the monotony of every day life. Do you really want to study for your whole life? Do you really know what you want?

I have been lucky enough to live abroad the majority of my life, being home in England I found I wanted to stretch my legs, visit those places I always heard about, or go back to places I have fond childhood memories. Taking a gap year was not a choice for me, it was a must do.

What ever you choose to do in your gap year, beit travel or work doing something you love, make sure you have the funds to get everything you possibly can out of it.

Traveling is expensive, as a whole, but can be done on a very tight budget. For example £1 a night accom in Vietnam, really cheap to self cater, or £1 a night for a meal and a beer. Granted the meal will be Beef noodles, but a good tiger beer more than makes up for the high carb diet of rice and noodles!!

What I'm trying to say is, take a gap year, it helps you sort out what you want to do. Make sure you do what you want to do, over powering friends can make a great opportunity into an experience you wish you never had. Have fun, be safe, and do what you want to do!!

Summary: Do what YOU want, and have a great time!!