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It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work, and to (0) ..... it travelling. There are plenty of reasons to recommend it – travel (1) ..... the mind, you’re (2) ..... young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on. And if you don’t do it, you may always regret that you didn’t take the (3) ..... . In the end, there’s only one response: well, why not?
The idea may have its (4) ..... in the 18th-century Grand Tour once (5) ..... by the young, rich and noble, but it is the middle classes who have turned it (6) ..... something that 200,000 British youngsters do every year. (7) ..... has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open (8) ..... tourists than ever. Also, the gap year is now (9) ..... by many employers and universities.
The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (10) ..... , and although these remain in the (11) ..... five, young explorers are now going (12) ..... further. The most far-flung corners of the world are (13) ..... in popularity year by year.
About £700 will buy a student ticket (14) ..... for six months that will take you from London to Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Fiji,