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Alyse Horn, 2011 New Zealand student blogger, writes: During our last week in New Zealand Penn State and Virginia Tech really got to experience the marine life as well as the unique off shore and mainland island sancutuaries found in this country, which is something we have all been waiting for. This past Saturday we split into two groups and went hiking and kayaking in Abel Tasman…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes Home is, indeed, where the heart is. It is a little bittersweet to be back in Florida when my heart is still most definitely in Australia. Since I’ve been back, the jet lag is been horrible and I’ve barely slept a wink (I think my body is secretly waging a war to keep…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: G’day from Cairns! We’re in our final twelve hours in Australia, and the tearful goodbyes are going to begin soon. Since my last post, we finished our second day at the Great Barrier Reef. It was just as amazing as the first day. We saw a whole school of huge humphead parrotfish, a…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, 2011 New Zealand student blogger, writes: Fox Glacier is found in South Westland, New Zealand and has been recorded to advance at up to four meters per day, and guess what? We climbed it on Tuesday. Just another tag to the awesomeness of New Zealand’s diverse ecosystem, the glacier is found surrounded by rainforest. Huge amounts of snow and…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: G’day from Port Douglas! It’s good to be back in civilization! We spent three days in Tyrconnell after we said a tearful goodbye to Yungaburra and On the Wallaby. Tyrconnell is basically in the middle of nowhere—the true Outback. And Outback it was—I actually spotted a kangaroo outside our tents, pictured left,…
Continue readingAdrienne Wilson, 2011 South Queensland student blogger, writes: Hello, world. I haven’t had a chance to go on the Internet almost at all since we’ve arrived, so here’s a mass update to make up for that. May 20 I arrived in Brisbane on May 20th, but it turned out that the rest of the class wasn’t arriving until the 21st,…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, 2011 New Zealand student blogger, writes: The sites just keep getting better. On Tuesday, Penn State and Virginia Tech explored the wilderness of Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park. The mountains don’t even look real. I just want to reach out and touch them, but even after a four-hour hike they are unattainable. During our day hike it was…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: We’re in Yungaburra still, and yesterday, we spent almost five hours hiking the steepest hills I have ever seen. We trudged through huge, muddy puddles, sticking to the sides of the trail, clinging for our dear lives to trees and bushes to avoid getting wet and muddy. (It didn’t work. Hence, the…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: We’ve been on the move again! We left Magnetic Island, or Maggie Island as the locals call it, and drove about five hours to Yungaburra. We’re staying at this cute little backpackers lodge called On the Wallaby. On the way there, we stopped by Millaa Millaa Falls, pictured right, where the Herbal…
Continue readingAlyssa Lai, 2011 North Queensland student blogger, writes: G’day, mates! (I still have to get used to being called ‘mate’ all the time!) We have spent the past four days on BEAUTIFUL Magnetic Island, pictured left. I still can’t describe how breathtaking the scenery is here. It’s definitely nothing you can find in the United States. There are several hiking…
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