Sadly, everything has to end, and although I know I’ve learned more about life, history , art, and geography in these nine months of travelling than I did with 16 years cooped up in a classroom, it’s time to go back and start a new chapter in life – student hood is over, and the working life is nigh!
While on this trip I have lost half my clothes, bought new ones and lost them again, walked through two pairs of shoes and a pair of thongs, broken a laptop, lost my hat, a raincoat, at least 10kg of weight, and my girlfriend.
I have gained so much, too – friends all over the world, practical knowledge, new views on politics and a million memories, in photos, in my mind, and in this blog. And the whole trip only cost a total of 12,000 AUD including flights, accommodation, food, travel, sightseeing, and drinking – that is, including everything! So if you’re thinking of having a gap year, do it! It’s probably even cheaper than living at home, depending on where you travel, and now is the perfect time to do it, with such a strong Aussie dollar. Best of all, like John Butler would say, it gives you a chance to go out and ‘see what’s shaking in the real world’.
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