I had no idea what to expect on my pandemic gap year – or how long I could stay
Despite the pandemic, twins Tilly and Christa Cripwell still managed to travel to Africa as volunteers on (separate) gap years. Here’s how
5 July 2021 • 5:00am
A hippo with Mount Kilimanjaro as a dramatic backdrop
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Tilly Cripwell
Before any of us knew what a global pandemic was, I had pictured a gap year following the well-trodden backpacker trails of South-East Asia or South America. By September last year I was aiming to finish my time at an independent London school in December and head to the French Alps to work as a waitress in a hotel. Then, with November’s second wave of the virus and the subsequent lockdown, I realised I had to reconsider my travel options, as neither the French Alps nor South-East Asia was looking viable.
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