As the bus meandered its way through the outskirts of Arequipa, I fell in love instantly with the landscape. Lush green fields and majestic volcanoes towering in the background. Friendly locals toiling away in their little patch of paradise, harvesting fruits and vegetables to sell at the markets. As we progressed into the city, my heart rate increases dramatically and my stomach sinks; fast paced, people everywhere, chaotic Lima driving, poverty down every oth...

If teaching was the only career you could do, BUT you got 1 choice - what age group your students would be (kids, teenagers or adults), what would you pick? After spending hours and hours writing lesson plans and a whopping 10 hours of classroom teaching time under my belt, I feel fully experienced enough to say …. kids and teens drive me insane! Who knew??? Well OK. Most of you knew this. What can I say, it's been a 'journey'. My first class was t...

There is a Finding Nemo quote for just about every scenario in your life. Today's blog comes to you courtesy of Crush, the super awesome surfer dude turtle. For those times when something cool happens in your life and you wanna tell people who weren't there about it. This is how Crush would tell you …. "Co's we were like woaaah. And I was like woaaah. And you were like woaaah" Lucky for you my version of events over the last week is slightly more detai...

My lovely cousin said to me just before I boarded the plane in Auckland "don't forget to breathe cuz". Words of wisdom as it turned out. My theory now is that travel/airports might be like childbirth pains ... it's awful at the time and you say to yourself 'never again' but then you forget about it all when you see your first amazing site or have your first amazing experience. Much of my time in the last 3 days has been spent in very slow-moving queues, even t...