User:(WT-en) Erin Buttler

Intro
My first overseas trip was in 2001 when I took off for three months to travel to Australia, New Zealand and Thailand with two friends from high school. I had just graduated from the University of Western Ontario and completed Year One of a three year Tourism Management program. Some how I managed to convince my program coordinators that I needed to fast track through the program so that I could do three months abroad travelling.

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” Saint Augustine

Upon my return I completed Year Three of my Tourism Management program and was introduced to Gap Adventures by way of a video shown in my Ecotourism course. Bruce’s doctrine of low-impact tourism, committment to supporting local communities and to protecting the environment Gap Adventures travellers go to was quite inspiring. I knew then that I wanted to be a part of this company, but wasn’t ready to stop travelling.

Three years later, after jaunts to Central America, Africa, Australia and the UK, I returned to Canada and decided to apply to the only company that would keep me in Canada.

Countries Visited
Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.