{"id":3408,"date":"2015-01-21T12:52:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T00:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2015-02-07T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T12:18:47","slug":"field-notes-fiji-program-academics-enhanced-with-kayaking-and-ziplining-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/field-notes-fiji-program-academics-enhanced-with-kayaking-and-ziplining-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Notes: Fiji program academics enhanced with kayaking and ziplining adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xuanyan Ouyang, 2014-15\u00a0<\/em>Fiji International Tourism for Development<\/em><\/a>\u00a0student blogger, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n

Bula! As with every study abroad program, academic study was not the only thing that we were doing. Our program combined activities and cultural interactions to enhance our learning in an experiential way. Two of my favorite program components were our kayaking and ziplining adventures.<\/p>\n

\"Group<\/a>

Group photo alongside the Navua River<\/p><\/div>\n

Kayaking the Navua River<\/strong><\/p>\n

After hearing from the Rivers Fiji<\/a> team about the company and its eco-tourism practices, we headed off for a day on the river. Though some of our group didn\u2019t know how to swim, after donning life jackets and helmets, none hesitated to participate in the kayaking. We spent the day kayaking on the middle portion of the Navua River and also visited a remote village named Wainaduri.<\/p>\n

\"Paddling<\/a>

Paddling along the Navua River<\/p><\/div>\n

Passing through inland villages and farmlands, the scenery is so amazing that I even thought we were in a movie! Plus, we had the opportunity to take a break from paddling and walk to a stunning waterfall.<\/p>\n

\"Stunning<\/a>

Stunning waterfall beside Navua River<\/p><\/div>\n

But what pleased me the most was not the beautiful scenery, but the people that we met. There were kids playing around and in the river. They were very friendly and said \u201cBula!\u201d to us, as most of the Fijians had greeted us thus far. When we finished our kayaking, the kids even followed the boat that we were in \u2013 it was such a moving moment.<\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a>

Young boys playing in river<\/p><\/div>\n

Ziplining through the rainforest <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Youyou<\/a>

Youyou Zhang, me and the tour guide preparing to zipline<\/p><\/div>\n

This was my first time to go on a zipline tour, and I could not have been more excited. First we heard the operator Zip Fiji<\/a>\u2019s perspective of their business operations and also discussed some environmental issues affecting their operation. Then, we ascended into the canopy for the ziplining excitement.<\/p>\n

We traveled along eight different ziplines through the rainforest canopy and stopped at viewing platforms along the way to appreciate the amazing views and learn about the local area.<\/p>\n

Do my photos make you excited about traveling to Fiji<\/a>? I hope you will visit the country one day.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael Brummer ziplining<\/p><\/div>\n

I still have many fun stories and pictures to share, so I\u2019ll talk to you in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xuanyan Ouyang, 2014-15\u00a0Fiji International Tourism for Development\u00a0student blogger, writes: Bula! As with every study abroad program, academic study was not the only thing that we were doing. Our program combined activities and cultural interactions to enhance our learning in an experiential way. Two of my favorite program components were our kayaking and ziplining adventures. Kayaking the Navua River After hearing…<\/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":[41,19,34],"tags":[99,80,81],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-15-student-blogs","category-field-notes","category-student-perspective","tag-fiji","tag-kayaking","tag-ziplining"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","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=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3467,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}