Category: New Zealand: TEAN at Otago

The first week of classes was a huge culture shock for me coming from a small liberal arts college of less than 2,000 students when my first lecture had over 300 people in a room bigger than the Busch Auditorium at Rollins.  I knew immediately that I would have a little trouble getting used to…

As I arrived in the Queenstown airport and found the leaders of the TEAN program that were there to take a bus load of us to our hostel just outside the center of town.  Once we arrived I met up with my friend from Rollins who arrived a few days before me.  I got acquainted…

I believe that everyone sees the world a little differently.  Your outlook in life is derived from all the experiences that you have had throughout your years.  Coming from a very free-range and accepting childhood, my outlook on the world is wildly different from someone who was brought up in a sheltered and closed minded…

After 17 days in the wilderness of New Zealand, I have finally returned to civilization.  I had a jam-packed break, and skipped an extra week of class so I had more time to explore this beautiful country.  My friend and I hopped into his van and started driving across the country.  First stop: Castle Hill,…

04/20/17 Spring Break! Maddy, Brandon, and I are headed to the Cook Islands! If it were a straight shot its only 2,387 miles away, but instead we are driving to Christchurch, flying to Auckland, then flying to Rarotonga, a pretty long journey, nut definitely worth it. After Maddy and I were got deboarded from our…

04/01/17 Nugget Point (Ahuriri Flat), Purakanui (Tarara Falls), Cannibal Beach Today me and some buds went for a journey across the Catlins. Our mission was to go to the Cathedral Caves which is one of the must see spots in NZ. On our way we passed a sign for nugget point and someone recalled it…

03/11/17 Queenstown Again My mom came to visit! While she’s here we go to Queenstown and do every adventure packed event they have to offer. We conquered the rivers via jet boats and white water rafts. We beat the lake with a shark boat. We beat the mountain with a gondola ride and a few…

I’ve hit the halfway point of this amazing adventure, and Spring Break couldn’t have been better!! A 10 day road trip was the perfect way to spend it. 5 girls and WAY too much stuff made for quite the squeeze in a little car..but a trip around the South Island was well worth it! From Dunedin,…

Just a few more weeks into this adventure and I find myself sitting in a natural hot spring overlooking sunset and enormous mountains…”where am I” is really setting in. It wasn’t as if I blinked myself to this gorgeous spot though.. it only took a 5 hour hike through what looked like absolute dinosaur land,…