When I was working in New Zealand I went on a week holiday to Samoa. I had always wanted to go to Samoa as I had previously worked in Fiji and Tonga and I had heard good things about Samoa. I arrived into Apia airport late at night after leaving Auckland. Samoa is the last country to the date line so I technically gained a day when I went from Auckland to Samoa and lost one when I came back. I spent my first night in Apia in a backpackers and spent the day exp...

When I finished my 3 months working in Perth I had a stop over in Melbourne before heading to New Zealand for work. I arranged to meet my Aussie mate Ed who I was working with in Tonga who lives in Melbourne. I was staying in the centre of the city and the first thing I noticed was how busy it was compared to Perth. Melbourne is generally alot bigger than Perth and there is definatley alot more going on. I stayed in the centre of Melbourne in a backpackers wh...

Whilst working in Fiji I had to go and work for a month in Tonga to look after some volunteers as Madventurer had projects there as well. When I was leaving to go to Tonga I flew from Suva airport rather than Nadi which was nice as it was just a short 20 mins drive. When I arrived at the airport I checked in and after I checked in and got my ticket I soon realised that I had picked up the wrong passport. I picked up Mandy my co workers passport. Mandy had long ...

My first time working overseas within the voluntary sector was when I went to work in Fiji for Madventurer. I landed in Nadi and was picked up by my college Mandy who took me to the volunteer house in Suva which is the capital of Fiji and was on the other side of the island. The trip is only 3 hours by mini bus but was a really beautiful trip along the coast of Fiji, I did the trip many times in my 4 months in Fiji . The volunteer house we had was situated in...