You’re coming to the end of your South African high school career, and, although it may sound dull, it’s time to start preparing for what comes next. If high school is a one-lane highway with minimal off-ramps then arriving at your gap year is an intersection of infinite choices.
It is impossible to cover your every gap option. This article will focus on two decidedly different, but equally popular ones:
super-yachting, which a quick Facebook survey proved to be a majority favourite among fledgling high school graduates; and the universally appealing free-range travelling.
But, to save you from making your decision based on a rose-tinted website’s information, I interviewed real-life gap-year veterans, equipped with advice and experience – nitty-gritty, cliché and all. Read the rest of this entry
The Gapped Year 