If you go into any travel agent or speak to any person who has travelled themselves then the main defining feature of planning a gap year will almost certainly come back the same – money.
Despite what you may believe about the ethos of backpacking money is a central part. Without it there aren’t any flights.
Without it there aren’t any parties.
Without it there isn’t going to be a gap year!
Ok so we’ve dealt with where you might head and how you’re going to lug all your kit there – but what are you going to do once you’ve got there?
Another massive divide amongst the backpacker world is how much planning you should actually do. And that’s what the third part of our Gap Year Planning feature is focussed around – do you plan it or wing it?
Having spent 12 months covering a large chunk of Australia this year – from West coast to East coast – I’ve picked up rather a lot of info along the way. Info that I’ll happily bestow upon anyone looking at heading to Oz and info that helps me do my job.
It’s also info that helped me complete the Oz Specialist course as set out by the Australian Tourism board. And now its 100% official – I’m an Aussie Specialist!
Ok…so for anyone that knows me you know there’s one item that I couldnt live without – let me introduce Barry…my iPhone!
I queued from 2am to get it when it was released and since June 2008 it’s basically synced everything in my life into one tiny pocket sized piece of amazingness!
And since I’ve been travelling its become even more important, and I’ve convinced many fellow travellers to invest in one. So for all you technophobes and wanabe travellers I’ve decided to give you a list of why an iPhone should be top of your kit list!
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