Travel Latin America

Brazil

One of the world’s most captivating places, Brazil is South America’s giant, a dazzling country of powdery white-sand beaches, pristine rain forests and wild, rhythm-filled metropolises - offering big adventures for travelers with budgets large and small.

Travel: Gap Year Travel News

Students urged to boost skills this year with a gap year

With the rising university fees forcing many students to rethink their career development path, gap years are becoming more welcoming for many.

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• Gap year skiing: Easyjet expands offering
• Gap Year 2012
• Career Break & Gap Year Experts Heading For London Next Month
• Volunteering helps global development, says UN
• Gap year travel in Brazil
• New study identifies 20 most vital marine locations for survival of mammals.
• Last-minute gap year planning 'rarely a good idea'
• Gap Year 2011
• Surf Australia

Travel

Backpacking in Australia

If you want to make the most out of your trip you need somewhere that has plenty to see and do, somewhere that will keep you active and never bored.

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• Safe Sisterly Sojourns
• Travelling Alone or With a Friend
• Gap year travellers ‘should consider Greek island hopping’
• The locals' guide to...Ibiza

Travel Latin America

Salvador

Salvador is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Due to its very beauty and to a series of unique features, it has become a primary destination for international tourism.

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• São Paulo
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Caracas
• Bogotá
• Argentina Where to go

Travel Africa

Mount Kilimanjaro Trek-Machame Route Tanzania Experience the best of adventure

Tanzania is one of the highlights of gap year travel in Africa and contains some of the continent’s finest game reserves as well as its highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. From the safari wildlife and endless savannahs of the Serengeti, to the tropical paradise of Zanzibar, Tanzania has plenty to offer, despite facing issues of poverty and disease.

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• Kenya
• South Africa

Travel Australasia

New Zealand

There’s a reason the sun shines on New Zealand before anywhere else – every new day in Aotearoa is something to cherish! Small, remote and thinly populated, yes, but NZ punches well above its weight with its outlandish scenery, fabulous festivals, superb food and wine, and magical outdoor experiences.

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• Australia
• St.Lucia - The Perfect Location for a student holiday

Travel Europe

Berlin

Berlin sets trends: whether museums or galleries, gastronomy or entertainment, music or fashion, in the German capital there is always something new to experience. The legendary nightlife, the attractive and exceptional shopping possibilities, but the unique history also pulls more and more tourists from all over the world into the German capital.

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• Munich: Oktoberfest
• Paris
• Prague
• Barcelona

News

icould presents ‘Gap Year insiders’ supported by gapyear.com

This week icould.com have launched, Gap Year Insiders, a new section aimed to show you that a Gap Year isn’t just about lying on beaches, and that taking one could really help your career.

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• icould presents ‘Gap Year insiders’ supported by gapyear.com
• UK Doom and Gloom or an African Adventure that Could Boost Your Career Back Home
• Gap year taxi breaks world record
• New Working Holiday Visa open up opportunity to work in Canada
• Gap year South America: Brazil 'increasingly popular with Brits'

Travel Features

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Stretching just shy of ten thousand kilometres across the vast expanse of Russia from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok, the Trans-Siberian Railway is so much more than just a mode of transport.

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• Bite of the apple A student’s guide to New York
• Oz Bus
• BCA Warns Travelling Students of Back Danger
• Being bilingual is the best way to be