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How a Gap Year in Africa Changed Me

In 2003 I decided to take a gap year between school and university to do a mixture of paid work, volunteering and independent travel. Fuelled by clichÓ©d intentions of self discovery and broadening my horizons I set off on an adventure which I can now say with absolute certainty has changed me in ways I never thought possible. If you"re in two minds about the value of taking a gap year, worried about the financial ramifications or just daunted by the prospect of organising and embarking on a new adventure then read on, and let me open your eyes to the possibilities it holds!


A luxury villa for perfect honeymoons in Mykonos

The internationally famous Mykonos Island, renowned for its extravagant and cosmopolitan character, but also for its magnificent sceneries and Cycladic architecture appears like the perfect setting for Kivotos, one of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, a boutique hotel blending past and present luxury with traditional architecture, antique and original art objects of the 17th, 18th and 21st centuries.