Gap Year Experiences

Doug joins Pepper!

Monday 29 December 2008

Apart from Francesca's incredible work with our marketing and gap year fairs, up until now it has basically been Vince and myself in the Pepper office. We are now very excited about a new arrival, Doug Stanley, who is heading out to meet Vince in South Africa in January ready for our 3 Month Experience.

Doug describes himself as an experienced traveller but with signs of rust developing! Whilst studying Spanish + Portuguese at Leeds University he lived in Leon, Spain and Joao Pessoa, Brazil and travelled round the countries whenever possible. Happy on shoestrings or in luxury, his philosophy is you’ll never know a place until you know its people. Since graduating in 2006 he’s lived in Paris and in London, working at ABC – a charity for Brazil’s children, and in the NHS. Having spent time in Scotland, France and South America on his Gap Year, he remains convinced that there are 3 key things essential for an unforgettable Gap Year or Career Break: new places, new people, new experiences.

As a snowboarding fanatic, Doug hopes skills on the slopes translate easily to the waves and harbours quiet aspirations of infiltrating as much ‘70’s prog-rock onto the Pepper bus as possible. "I was particularly impressed by Pepper’s insistence that travel is done in the right way; with good motives and responsible tourism, providing the best possible experience for those on the trip, with gains for both the travellers, and the people and places they see."

Doug shares our passion for travel and new experiences and will bring a lot of enthusiam and energy to Pepper. He is a seriously amusing character who we very much look forward to working with.

cheers

Johnny