Last weekend I went on a cruise with my program to Doubtful Sound. I had already been on a cruise there with my mom but it is still just as impressive the second time around. We did an overnight cruise. The first day we cruised around for a while, and then went kayaking for about an hour, and then jumped off the cruise ship into the water. It felt like you jumped into an ice bath.....burrr. Later that day we saw tons of dolphins swimming and jumping out of the water. They would also ride the waves at the front of the ship. It was so awesome. When we reached the ocean, the sun was setting and we saw tons of seals, sea lions, and pups on the rocks in the sea. I have seen so ... read more

Last sunday I rented a car with some friends and went to some of the different beaches and bays surrounding dunedin, the city I live in. We first went to a bay called the boulders, which has perfectly shaped round boulders that look pretty strange. After that we had lunch at a beach called St.Claire. Then we went to a look out called lovers leap. The last thing we did was go to sandfly bay. It had lots of people on it but also tons of wildlife. It was surprising seeing people play rugby right next to the monstrous sea lions. Anyways, it was a fun and relaxing sunday!... read more

This week is spring break for our university. My mom came for the break and we took a trip to Sydney, Australia. I really like the city. It is very pretty and had a ton of stuff to do. On the first night we just walked around and got dinner. The next day we climbed the sydney harbour bridge and looked all around sydney from up there. It had great views. We then walked around the markets, botanical gardens, down town, the warf, and of course went running. The next day we spent the day at manly beach. I was so happy to lay in the sun since I have been in cold weather for many months. Later that night we went over to darling harbour and walked around there. The following day we went on ... read more

I have fallen in love with the trails here. The first time I ran through this forest I considered taking up illegal immigrant status and staying here forever. I took my sister on a walk through some of these trails when she came. You could get lost in this place because there are so many different trails and all of them are so beautiful. These trails are only about a five to ten minute walk away from my flat. The pictures speak for themselves.... read more

There is much wildlife surrounding Dunedin. It is home to the albatross which have an impressing three meter wing span, seals, many different kinds of birds, and yellow-eyed penguins. I went on a wildlife cruise/tour where I got to see all the wildlife. The best part was watching the yellow-eyed penguins which are an endagered species and are the second larges penguins in the world. Every night the penguins come onto the beach after a day of fishing in the ocean to go to their homes. When I saw the penguins, I was in a hide out on a penguin reserve watching the penguins come in from the ocean and waddle up to their homes. They looked like they were flying underwater when they were swimming...very graceful. Then they start walking on land and it is ... read more