{"id":3340,"date":"2015-01-05T08:19:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2015-01-05T08:19:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:19:34","slug":"student-perspective-next-stop-to-discover-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/student-perspective-next-stop-to-discover-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Next stop: To discover Fiji!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xuanyan Ouyang, 2014-15 <\/em>Fiji International Tourism for Development<\/em><\/a> student blogger, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Qingdao\"For me, to travel is to discover something new, something that will surprise me about myself. During each journey I find out who and what I am. My name is Xuanyan, and I am from a city named Foshan<\/a> in Southern China.<\/p>\n

My feet have stepped into 20 cities in China<\/a> and since choosing to study abroad in the United States<\/a>, I have had many more opportunities and visited 12 cities across the U.S.<\/a> I have often traveled with my friends and family, but the first time I traveled on my own was to Qingdao<\/a>. In another experience in Orlando<\/a> I was able to live with a host family for the first time and experience a real Christmas.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_8497\"<\/a>When I was little I think my mom and dad always let me walk by myself and pretended not to care and that\u2019s why I love exploring now. I imagine this kid walking farther and farther, but his parents are always watching him behind. They are my home, where I can go back and have a rest during my journey in this world.<\/p>\n

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During my study abroad trip to South Africa<\/a>, I expanded my horizons. As the only international student in our group, I found out what it was like to experience culture shock and realized that I could survive. On our way to a football<\/a> game, I took photos of these lovers with a South African flag. It was just a short moment, but it made me see that love is always amazing.<\/p>\n

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\"Dunhuang\"With a career goal of being a visual media producer, I want to continue to tell stories by taking advantage of the power of multimedia. My next stop is Fiji<\/a>, a paradise for winter break. Want to see awesome photos of scenery, food and people? Then don\u2019t forget to check out the AUIP<\/a> student blog. Want to know more stories behind the images of Fiji? Follow my blogs; let\u2019s begin the show!<\/p>\n

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Xuanyan Ouyang, 2014-15 Fiji International Tourism for Development student blogger, writes:   For me, to travel is to discover something new, something that will surprise me about myself. During each journey I find out who and what I am. My name is Xuanyan, and I am from a city named Foshan in Southern China. My feet have stepped into 20…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,6],"tags":[99,73,74,48,75,59],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-15-student-blogs","category-fiji","tag-fiji","tag-orlando","tag-south-africa","tag-study-abroad","tag-tourism","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}