As a traveller you enter a wonderful community of people from around the world – people from all manner of backgrounds, cultures and age groups.
And with an abundance of people comes a whole new train of thought to tap into and experience. You’ll find throughout your travels that people have a huge range of opinions and knowledge – some you’ll want to hear, some you won’t, and some you don’t have a choice in!
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?
It suddenly dawned on me yesterday that I’ve been back in the UK for a month already – the time has literally shot by and it’s rathe un nerving!
In the psace of just four weeks I’ve not done too bad though – as I’ve previously rambled I’ve hooked myself up with a sweet new job, partied hard and surfed as much as can be expected in a cold English autumn.
After living in Byron for over 5 months I’m now in the throws of planning my last 6 weeks in Australia.
Having pretty much covered most of Oz (bar the red centre, Adelaide and SA) the only main section left for me to do on the backpacker trail is the northern end of the East Coast between Noosa and Cairns.
It’s suddenly dawned on me that I have just over 2 months until I have to leave Australia.
That sucks.
And I have no real plan for what to do afterwards.
So the last couple of weeks have seen me randomly concoct a series of possible plans. Some absurd, some do able, some really not.
I’ve come to the conclusion I have 5 real options
Sunset Session, Byron Bay
The above shot is courtesy of Mr Griffiths, a shot of my knee paddling my longboard out during a sunset session at The Pass in Byron Bay. It was towards the end of summer, when you could stay in the water until 9pm in nothing but boardies, definitely living the Australian dream and a nice little wave too :)
Last night I said a fond farewell to Mr Griffiths, who – for the last 2 and a half months – has been my best mate in Oz.
It’s been a fun bromance!
So here it is – Part 3 of 3 in this feature about planning your Oz trip.
To round things off I’m bantering about BACKPACKS and TRAVEL ESSENTIALS.
Yesterday marked another big milestone in my year down under – the halfway mark of my 12 month working holiday visa.
And an occasion like that deserves a bit of a party!
Cat Nap, Ecuador
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