Around the world in a few (gap) weeks
by Dipal Acharya
Jan 26, 2024
3 minutes
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My husband drew the line when I mentioned the shamanic sacrifice. I’m not a total sadist, but after 10 days in a turbo-charged immersion of Indonesian culture, pencilling in a chicken-slaying divination ceremony seemed perfectly normal. Clearly, I had reached peak Gap Week.
For the uninitiated, a gap week is longer and more restorative than the self-care day, brief enough to sandwich somewhere in my (rapidly diminishing) annual leave and the school holidays. photo ops (‘great for the socials!’) but in short, less-irritating-for-everyone-else bursts.
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