Australia '96
In June of 1996, a group of 27 teenagers and 3 adults from the San Antonio, Texas area went to Australia and New Zealand '96 courtesy of the People To People Student Ambassasdor Program. I, being one of those teenagers, decided that we had such a good time that I should put a web site up about it so others can share our experience and maybe be motivated to learn more about participating in this wonderful program.
This website is a day by day account of our adventures there. We spent about 2 weeks in Australia and then spent one week in New Zealand. The three weeks that it added up to were by far the best three weeks of my life. So go on, learn, have fun! And consider getting more information because People To People holds these kinds of programs in virtually every city or county in the U.S.A. and includes grades 7-12.
As hard as I tried not to do so, I wrote a lot of this from my point of view, which judging from experience is not often others' point of view. I apologize for any of this phenomenon, but I tried as hard as I could to give a general view of the experience. (Note to anyone reading this who went with me on the trip- first of all, email me! Let's catch up! Second of all, please send me any special memories you would like included!)
Without any further delay, click on the arrow and go on in or go to the TABLE OF CONTENTS to find out about a specific day! I hope you learn something.
-Nick Huinker, June 21, 1997
I would also like to thank Mr. Sam Montgomery, Mrs. Jo Beth Oestreich, and Ms. Debra Davis, our fearless leaders, as well as everyone else whom I shared this experience with.