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Gap Year for Grown Ups April Newsletter
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Every month we offer you the latest travel offers and deals, just in case you need that extra incentive to book!
Book by the 30th April and...
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Receive free insurance for any South America programme
Receive free insurance for Oz and NZ conservation programmes
Receive free insurance for any India programme
Save 50 pounds on the Botswana Okavango programme
Save 50 pounds on the Mozambique Community and Soccer Development
Save 75 pounds on the Cape Town Sports Programme
Terms and conditions apply please follow links for full details.
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New projects - This month we have focused on developing new projects in Canada and the USA and here they are! |
Canada Community and Wildlife
Get involved in a range of volunteer activities, from teaching to healthcare, environmental restoration to fine arts and culture.
Ranch Volunteer Programme
Live the life of a real-life cowboy on this fantastic western experience.
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Nevada Conservation Volunteer
A chance to explore some of the region's legendary national parks, whilst helping conserve the environment.
USA Tours
Ranging from 7-64 days and covering up to 31 states in a single trip! |
California Conservation
Help improve the ecology of the land and rivers around San Francisco.
Gibbon Conservation
An exceptional volunteer experience working with this endangered species.
Paula Smith's Case Study
Africa Campfire Adventure Story - July 2006
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My story is not an original one. Like so many before me I was a burnt out 30-something disillusioned and de-motivated with life. I'd lost myself somewhere between work and home in the daily grind of London living. Something had to change.
My welcome couldn't have been warmer and immediately I knew I had found my African home. No sooner had I arrived than I was being whisked out to the Dam to watch students rifle shooting.
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Dazed and confused from my long journey I stood there with the sudden realisation that I was standing in the middle of the African bush surrounded by wild things that could kill me. FANTASTIC - there's nothing better to make you feel alive than the prospect of being eaten by something! |
This was the beginning of my adventure and over the coming days and weeks I was to experience things far beyond my expectations.
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I'd walked with lions, fed a hippo, been up close and personal with 200+ buffalo, so much so I could smell their breath - and if you're wondering yes it stinks!
I'd practiced camouflage, started fire using Elephant dung, discovered how to find north using a piece of straw and learnt what to do if charged by the dangerous 9. |
Sleeping out in the bush is perhaps the most magical of experiences. With nothing separating me from the Lions, Hyenas and Wild Dogs but fresh air it certainly sharpens the senses and my hearing and smell has never been so good. And how could I forget the elephants. I'd seen them with such frequency that they may as well be compared to pigeons in Trafalgar Square!
Meeting the Campfire people has also brought new perspectives and inspiration to my view and I don't think I can put enough poetry together to express the joy and laughter each moment has brought.
So, did I 'find myself'? Well, yes and no. I've certainly regained the vigour and motivation again. But with my heart well and truly stolen I don't think I'll ever be 'myself' again.
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We hope this newsletter has inspired you to start planning your own adventure! If any of our Special Offers interest you or you would like any more information about our exciting programmes, please contact us.
Kind regards,
Gap Year for Grown Ups Team
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