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News Archive July 2010

Asian elephant walkway a new Sri Lanka gap year attraction

Asian elephant walkway a new Sri Lanka gap year attraction

Spotting Asian elephants is likely to be a highlight of any gap year in Sri Lanka. Now there’s one more place that travellers can go to get up close and personal with these majestic mammals. A new…

Category: Asia
Posted 30 Jul 2010

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New mobile app to benefit gap year travellers

New mobile app to benefit gap year travellers

Gap year travellers could benefit from a new mobile phone application being launched by operator Nokia and travel website TripAdvisor.The service will allow mobile users to search for hotels, resta…

Category: General Travel
Posted 30 Jul 2010

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Pack smart for gap year travel

Pack smart for gap year travel

Travellers heading off on gap years will need to think very carefully about what they put in their backpacks. Moving regularly from place to place means it’s important to pack light, yet being awa…

Category: General Travel
Posted 29 Jul 2010

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Experience true luxury on a gap year in Australia

Experience true luxury on a gap year in Australia

Those taking gap years in Australia can enjoy true luxury during their time in the country, according to the brand manager at Austravel. Ben Briggs acknowledged that extravagance is not always a ch…

Category: Australasia
Posted 29 Jul 2010

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Bangkok in Thailand named Travel and Leisure’s top city

Bangkok in Thailand named Travel and Leisure''s top city

Gap year travellers spending time in Thailand will no doubt be visiting the country’s busy capital Bangkok.Now there’s even more reason to go, as Travel and Leisure magazine has just named the me…

Category: Asia
Posted 29 Jul 2010

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Argentina ‘no longer a once in a lifetime destination’

Argentina ''no longer a once in a lifetime destination''

Gap year travellers hoping to spend time in Argentina may welcome the assertion that the country is no longer a once in a lifetime destination.Leonardo Boto, executive director of the Argentine tou…

Category: South America
Posted 28 Jul 2010

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Visit the Waitomo Glowworm Cave on a New Zealand gap year

Visit the Waitomo Glowworm Cave on a New Zealand gap year

There are plenty of spectacular natural sights to take in on gap years in New Zealand and the Waitomo Glowworm Cave is one of them.Located in the Waikato region of the North Island, it is part of t…

Category: Australasia
Posted 28 Jul 2010

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Gap year travel and holidays ‘still a major priority’

Gap year travel and holidays ''still a major priority''

Despite the economic downturn, people are still keen to travel abroad on gap years and holidays, new research shows.According to a survey by travelsupermarket.com, some 14 per cent of people are mo…

Category: General Travel
Posted 28 Jul 2010

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Mozambique ‘the perfect destination’ for gap year travel

Mozambique ''the perfect destination'' for gap year travel

Gap year travellers have been advised that Mozambique is the perfect destination thanks to its vast game parks, pristine beaches and colourful capital city. In an article for the Telegraph newspape…

Category: Africa
Posted 27 Jul 2010

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Sydney’s Bondi Beach ‘a must-visit place’ for gap year travellers

Sydney''s Bondi Beach ''a must-visit place'' for gap year travellers

Gap year travellers heading to Australia should make time to soak up the sun on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Travel writer Sandra O’Connell told the Irish Times that this particular beach is a wa…

Category: Australasia
Posted 27 Jul 2010

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