I was both excited and nervous about embarking on the two-week intensive language course in Beijing China at the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). This was partly because I feared … Continue Reading 你好北京 : STUDYING CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN BEIJING
“We learn the most when we are strangers and the best way to be a stranger is by landing ourselves in a new place.”- this is the biggest motivation I … Continue Reading Fiji: The Welcoming Nation
I have always loved South America and have wanted to travel to Argentina specifically for a very long time. I am also passionate about social justice and human rights, in … Continue Reading 3 Weeks in Buenos Aires
Attending a business course at Shanghai University right after a stressful exam period was not how I envisioned spending the beginning of my summer holiday. There was a moment of … Continue Reading Shanghai- A City Where East Meets West
Having left a snowy Vienna, I arrived in Granada expecting a little heat as one generally associates with southern Spain yet was met with a mere five degrees. At this … Continue Reading Three weeks in Granada!
Something I hold dear to my heart is skating on the lake of the Summer Palace in Beijing. I’ll never forget it. I had been to the Summer Palace twice, … Continue Reading Skating the Surface in China
I know why you are reading this blog. No doubt you’ve read a thousand blogs by every friend who has ever gone overseas, and if you’re anything like me, there … Continue Reading Gimme all the food – Humboldt University
The heat clings to the back of my neck. In front of me the upturned roots of the coconut tree stare up at the sky. This isn’t the postcard island … Continue Reading VANUA
As I disembarked from a tiny plane that had just travelled 45 minutes from Madrid, I arrived in Granada, the place that I would call home for the next 3 … Continue Reading ¡Hola España! Living and learning in Granada, Spain
“Malawi… Where exactly is that?”This was a phrase I became well acquainted with before jetting off to my Legal International Internship. For those of you who aren’t aware, Malawi is … Continue Reading Wildlife Justice in Malawi
When I stepped out of Sydney Airport and was hit with a blazing hot summer breeze, I felt a sense of relief to be back home but at the same … Continue Reading Studying Chinese at the Beijing Institute of Technology – 2019 Summer Program
The Real Fiji. That is what myself and 20 other students from the University of Technology, Sydney were able to experience in the early summer days of 2019. I had … Continue Reading Bula Fiji! Building Resilience towards Climate Change
‘Fiji time’, a term I heard a lot whilst sweltering in the heat and humidity of the Pacific Island Nation Fiji. A reference to how things happen in their own … Continue Reading Fiji – Climate Change Resilience & Adaptation
My time in Fiji was nothing but an experience of a lifetime!! Myself, along with 20 other students in our 4th year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation … Continue Reading Social Enterprise & Sustainable Development – Fiji 2019
Going into this project I was unsure of what to expect. I had little knowledge of Christchurch or of the destruction and damage caused to the city and its people … Continue Reading Cottage connection – New Zealand 2018
The opportunity to travel, study and learn French in Bordeaux, France, was incredible. Undertaking the Bordeaux Institute of Technology Sustainable Development Summer School which, although was out of my direct area of … Continue Reading Allez lez Bleus!