I thought I’d read enough about India and seen enough of it on screen to have a sense of the beauty, chaos, and diversity I could expect to encounter once I arrived here. But some things need to be experienced to be understood, and India is one of those things. At first, it’s a place…Continue Reading Navigating the Chaos
I can’t believe how fast this week has gone by! This week we have been living at the halls of residence here on Campus Querétaro which they only finished building last November! Which makes us the first proper tenants in this place and it has been awesome! I’ve never had to live in halls of…Continue Reading Querétaro – Week 2 iWinter in Mexico!
When leaving the Guarulhos International Airport just out of São Paulo, I truly felt grateful for such an opportunity; A young Māori girl in a completely different indigenous country. Once we stepped foot onto indigenous whenua, I could feel the wairua of the indigenous communities now and in the past. Brazil is everything that I…Continue Reading We Are In Brazil !!!
Monday 16th After a long day of travelling the day before, it was very hard to get up on a Monday morning, but it was a good day as we were in a new city and had new things to explore, eat and do. The Querétaro campus was very cool and felt like I was…Continue Reading Week 2 in Querétaro
If you are reading this and you are from New Zealand – you do not know the meaning of cold until you have experienced a Korean winter. Monday just been, Korea was the 2nd coldest country on the globe that day. It’s not the type of cold you can brave and have the “she’ll be…Continue Reading Winter in Korea
The West End Hotel is a 1948 Art Deco masterpiece in Mumbai. It’s an institution. Some workers have been there for over 30 years. I interviewed them, and even got a private tour around the whole hotel! Here they are: FrancisYears at West End: 16Favourite thing about West End: good hours and he gets to…Continue Reading 6 lessons from the West End Hotel
I have been reflecting on some of my childhood memories, particularly ones when I was a bit of a headache for Mum and Dad. There were countless times when, Mum especially, would have to tell me to stop picking different things off the ground from the pavement. “You don’t know where it’s been”, was a…Continue Reading Please Remove your Shoes
My first week in India!…Continue Reading A Taste of India
On Sunday, we embarked our journey to Queretaro bright and early. After a very hard goodbye to our buffet breakfast and unlimited coffee we were on our way. After about an hour, we reached the Aztec pyramids, I was overjoyed to be greeted by the sights of hot air balloons scattered across the sky. This…Continue Reading balloons, hats & pyramids
Our journey from Mexico City to Querétaro was a rather arduous one. Although we were only on the bus for a couple of hours, everyone wanted to sleep after the full day that we had but I still had study to do and the blog to write. However, when we got to Queretaro the entire…Continue Reading querétaro & queso