The one question I have been asked on repeat during my travels is; “What has been your favourite place so far?” to which my standard response is, “I really can’t pick a favourite. They’ve all been so different.” (cue: cynical eye roll). Some people are happy to just leave it there, but many refuse to…
Angela Galloway
The journey from Bhutan to Prague was quite the adventure. Twenty-seven hours, four countries, a thirteen-hour transit in Delhi, lost luggage and a complete humour bypass.
I know I am short on sympathy credits, so I’ll spare you the sob story, but suffice to say that I felt like I had been cast in…
The latest stop on my ‘Golden Gap’ itinerary was Bhutan, a place that has been bobbing around at the top of my bucket (list) for some time now. Bhutan is something of an enigma to the outside world. One of the most geographically isolated countries on the planet, the landlocked Kingdom of Bhutan is nestled…
Read how The Carousel reporter, Angela Galloway, fell in love with the beauty of India during what is her first instalment writing about her mid life gap year.
Angela Galloway in India
My much awaited Gap Year is finally underway and in a nod to the Eat Pray Love cliché’ of self-discovery, my first stop…
What is it about the period between Christmas and New Year that makes it feel like the Bermuda Triangle of time? (aka the Bermuda Time-Jangle). It is literally the longest week of the year. I have no clue what day it is, but wake up thinking it’s Saturday every day. I feel vaguely despondent that…
I suspect that almost everyone has a favourite Carole King song, which brings the memories flooding back. Mine is You’ve Got A Friend, which was the ‘leaving song’ at our final year 12 assembly (circa 1986) … and it still brings a tear to my eye today (and no … that has nothing to do…
I used to be an excellent shopper back in the day … and I mean like ‘world class’ excellent. I could pound the pavement all day long.
I knew exactly where to go and who had what. I could spend an hour in the change room without flinching (or needing to pee) and be ready to…
If sailing 40,000 nautical miles around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht sounds like your cup of tea, then keep reading. You’ve come to the right place. Oh, and by the way, you need have no prior sailing experience.
The Clipper Round The World Race is a race like no other. The brainchild of…
After decades in domestic ‘pit alley,’ finally … the times they are a ‘changin’. Over the course of the last few months, I’ve ‘delivered’ my eldest child to college in the US and my youngest got his drivers licence. I’m approaching the life cycle equivalent of the landline … good to have around in the…
This is the first of a regular column by Sydney mum of two Ang Galloway.
Ang will be sharing stories about negotiating the murky waters of ageing and her plans to reboot and regroup after twenty years in domestic pit alley. She kicks off by sharing her plan for a Golden Gap Year (and why we…