Tag: travel
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Our Journey to Queenstown
May 30, 2013 Today was another long day of travel with many stops along the way. We woke up at 5:30am. I know that I can easily wake up at just about any time of the morning, but it definitely doesn’t get easier! We were on the road by about 6am. Since it was still […]
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Hiking Fox Glacier and Lake Matheson
May 29, 2013 Guess what! Today I hiked a glacier. Fox Glacier, to be specific. I also did a sunrise hike at Lake Matheson, which is a reflective lake. Let me start from the beginning of the day because our day was very jam-packed! We woke up at 6:30am and piled on the layers to […]
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Stereotypical Floridian: Excited for Snow
May 28, 2013 Another travel day along the West Coast. We started our morning with a free day in Hokitika. They are know for punamu (or jade) stone. We got really excited when we walked along the beach because we thought that we were finding some, but it was really just sand molded together that […]
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“Oh yeah, this is a six credit class”
May 24, 2013 Today was a day of lecture and travel. We went to the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) for a couple lectures on risk management and leadership within adventure tourism. Then we traveled to Motueka and had a couple more lectures. Sometimes, I forget that I’m studying abroad because we’re doing all […]
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A Short Day in Nelson
May 23, 2013 It was another pretty laid back day for us here in Nelson. We got up early and went to the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary. We learned about the invasive species in New Zealand and how these species have single handedly taken out certain populations of species that were not prepared to defend themselves […]
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Welcome to Nelson
May 22, 2013 Today was a travel day with a surprise! We moved on from Kaikoura to Nelson. Along the way, we stopped for this short hike up to a waterfall. At the top were hundreds of baby seal pups all playing in the water. They were curious and came over to us and said […]
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Don’t Forget You’re In a Foreign Country…
May 21, 2013 Lesson #1 of the day: Remember to use the power converter for EVERYTHING except cameras, iPhones, and iPads… I think I fried my toothbrush charger. I completely forgot about the power conversion. I know I saw a light when I plugged it in but then it’s supposed to flash while it’s charging. […]
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Maori Haere Mai (Maori Welcome)
May 19, 2013 Today we arrived in Kaikoura. It’s a coastal city on the north eastern part of South Island. It’s a beautiful coastal town where you can see the mountains and beach at the same time. I’m not used to that in Florida! As soon as we got there, we were greeted by a […]
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An Adventure to the Container Mall
May 18, 2013 Today was our free day in Christchurch. We went back to the container mall. This is a mall made out of shipping containers. Each individual shop is within a container. It’s quite interesting and a little hard to imagine without seeing it. There was a great little Greek food place there where […]
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Rebuilding Christchurch
May 17, 2013 Today, our group really got to experience and witness some of the devastation that Christchurch has been dealing with for the past two years after the earthquakes. First, we met up with the leader of the Student Volunteer Army that banded together after the first earthquake in 2010 to help clean up […]