| For both students and people in work, the
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| | unnecessary risks and dangers. Many
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| option for taking a gap year for
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| | countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and
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| travelling or working abroad is proving
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| | South America have well laid out
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| to be a very popular life choice. Making
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| | backpacker routes which are used by
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| the decision to take a gap year and
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| | thousands of men and women travelling in
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| following it through can be difficult to
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| | groups or on their own. The vast majority
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| achieve. For a student taking a gap year
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| | have amazing experiences and return home
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| before or after taking a university
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| | safely. You will be hard pressed to find
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| degree, a gap year can have a huge
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| | an individual who has taken a gap year
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| positive effect in terms of boosting
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| | and regretted the decision.For some,
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| confidence, increasing maturity,
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| | travelling solo may pose a major problem
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| developing social skills, gaining
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| | if they have never tried it before. They
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| experience and knowledge of different
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| | may be worried about feeling lonely and
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| cultures, helping the environment and
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| | unable to cope with situations by
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| feeling independent by taking the
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| | themselves in a strange country far from
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| opportunity of working in a different
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| | home. Fortunately there are thousands of
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| country.For a student or individual with
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| | people in exactly the same situation and
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| no financial or family commitments, a gap
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| | travelling solo is the ideal way to meet
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| year can seem like the perfect way to
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| | people and build confidence. People often
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| experience life before joining or
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| | meet in hostels, bars, trains, airports
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| returning to the world of work. However,
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| | and the list goes on. It is much easier
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| like many things in life, there are major
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| | to meet people while travelling than it
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| hurdles to overcome. Firstly there is the
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| | is in your home country and in most
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| question of financing the gap year. If a
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| | cases, people will only be alone if they
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| person is lucky enough to have funds
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| | choose to be. Also the ability to cope
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| available or will be working during their
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| | with new situations will improve over a
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| gap year, this poses very few problems.
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| | short period of time as you gain
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| For many people who are hoping to travel
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| | confidence through each experience. After
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| during their gap year, it may mean taking
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| | a while, you will be booking
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| a temporary job or asking parents to help
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| | accommodation on the internet, travelling
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| out financially. With student debts at an
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| | long distances and communicating with
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| all time high, gaining the necessary
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| | people in a different language without a
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| funds can prove to be very difficult and
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| | second thought.The options for people
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| delays may be inevitable.The second
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| | taking a gap year are huge and include
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| hurdle to overcome is the fear and
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| | travel, volunteer work, contract work,
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| excitement of travelling to the far
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| | seasonal jobs, adventure travel, teaching
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| corners of the world and surviving to
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| | English and much more. A gap year can be
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| tell the tale especially for those
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| | a once in a life time experience and as
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| travelling solo for the first time.
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| | long as you plan well and use your common
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| Parents, friends and family will also be
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| | sense, it can be year that will change
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| very worried with stories of crime,
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| | your life for the better.Lalit Rastogi is
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| natural disasters, unstable governments
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| | editor of and he has a background in
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| and disease ridden areas making the news
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| | photography, IT and travel. He completed
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| on a daily basis. In the vast majority of
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| | his first gap year in 2003 and 2004 by
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| cases, most countries are just as safe as
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| | travelling the world and visiting Asia,
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| your home country. With the wealth of
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| | Australasia, South Pacific and North
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| information available on the internet and
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| | America. He has since travelled to Asia
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| through travel guides, there is no excuse
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| | in 2005 and will photograph Japan,
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| not to plan a trip beforehand in order to
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| | Taiwan, Hong kong and Thailand in early
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| make the most of it and to avoid
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| | 2007.
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