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Budget for our Gap Year?
I thought I would try and answer some of the top questions we are asked about our family gap year starting with our budget. When I was younger the budget for travelling consisted of savings, credit...
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The kitchen sink
Another popular question about our family gap year is how are we going to carry all our stuff? Are we taking a lorry or four wheel drive overland? I am guessing that this is the sort of thing that...
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Moai
As we are just about to buy our tickets to fly out of South America via Easter Island this is pretty topical. There are a 1000 of these ‘moai’ on Easter Island, up to 30ft tall and weighing more than a...
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Naked Walls
With only 6 nights before we have to be completely out of our house we actually started packing in anger yesterday. The first thing to come down were our paintings and the naked walls make the house...
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The Adventure Begins
We made it. The last 3 weeks have been truly manic but I’m sitting on flight BA249 to Rio with everything we need for a family gap year: My family Passports Several credit and cash cards A pin cushion...
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First Casualty
And the winner is… Lara A few weeks into our family gap year she has managed to break: A shelf climbing on it A toilet seat by jumping off it An iPad by dropping it off the bed – luckily just a small...
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Drowned Rats – Boipeba to Morro de Sao Paulo
We expected our gap year to feature some excitement but as so often with these things it can come at unexpected times. Super relaxed after a week on peaceful Boipeba staying at what could easily be the...
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Get Jealous
I happened upon the blog of another family gap year on the travel blogging site Get Jealous today. The Bremners have an 8 and a 9 year old, are starting in Africa and will be heading to South America...
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Galapagos Volunteering – Part Two
Monday we have a reprieve, we will start on Tuesday at the school and Willy sits us down and talks to us about the kids and what to expect. San Cristobal has a population of 6000 of which just under...
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We are splitting up
Mo and I have split up. After 6 months of travel where we have lived in each others pockets, usually shared a room and been 24/7/180 it has come time to go our separate ways. We drew straws, or...
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