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Last Wednesday, two friends and I took an 8:30 pm flight to Punta Arenas to start our five day adventure in Chilean Patagonia. It was incredible and I’m still having a hard time putting into words all of the amazing things we saw. The main focus of our…

With it being near the end of Week 7 of classes – just days away from Easter Break, it is crunch time for mid-semester assessments. It’s been a busy two weeks with papers, presentations, and exams, but that hasn’t stopped me from continuing to explore…

At the crack of dawn, my alarm screeched, and I slipped out of bed to gulp down some coffee. We headed off to the Arcadia Center, and the streets were nearly deserted on the clear Saturday morning. I was very excited for the excursion to Northern Ireland…

Dunedin is probably one of the most alive towns I have ever been to, it is such a college town and I absolutely love it. There's always people around and I live on one of the busiest streets which has gained a reputation for the noise level. When I'm…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “History will kind to me, for I intend to write it”. Victors and successors have always been the ones to write the history books and that is no different here in Cape Town. For decades during apartheid blacks, coloureds, and…

We had a plan. A loose plan, but a plan nonetheless. We knew which train to catch, which bus to take and how far to walk to the park entrance. But that’s the thing with plans- sometimes they become obsolete within an hour of departure. The 10:05 a.m…

This morning, I woke up at 4:30am for no other reason than to go to the beach with a few friends and watch the sun rise over the ocean. It was beautiful. We took the scenic route to get there, exploring the bits of nature thriving in between the granite…

In the midst of adventuring around the Gold Coast of Australia, I became so distracted in finding new places that I forgot how demanding school can be. Despite spending much of the last two weeks completing midterm exams and assignments, I have still…

This past weekend I went back to Sydney.  Why?  To check two things off my bucket list: seeing a Sydney Opera House opera and swimming with sharks.  I saw Carmen on the Sydney Harbor, and it was the best opera performance I have ever seen.  Then Sunday…