Oneika (pronounced oh-KNEE-kah) is a traveller. Canadian born, she’s already been to greater than 40 international locations, has lived in France, Mexico, Hong Kong, The UK and there’s no signal she is going to cease anytime quickly. She’s energetic and fearless and intensely humorous (simply learn the web page about her identify on her weblog).
Right here’s a brief interview together with her by which we’re speaking about residing overseas, the vibes of a metropolis and what she likes most about being a contemporary nomad.
Oneika in Seoul
eDreams: Who’s Oneika and what does she do?
Oneika: I’m a traveller, an educator, and an adventure-seeker. I’ve an insatiable thirst for journey and experiences that contain taking dangers and studying about new cultures. I’m principally a journey junkie who’s all the time within the midst of planning my subsequent journey!
“I’m a traveller, an educator and an adventure-seeker.”
In your weblog you say you’ve caught the journey bug in your journey to Nantes, France. What was it about being overseas that made you wish to journey extra?
Transferring to France for the primary time, actually opened my eyes to only how massive the world is and what number of cool and fascinating folks there are to fulfill. Dwelling out of the country and being immersed in a international language challenged me and I noticed that not solely did I benefit from the feeling, however I really thrived on it. I took benefit of residing in Europe in an enormous approach and travelled to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and England throughout that first 12 months overseas, and travelling modified my life a lot that I couldn’t think about a life with out it. I adopted up my 12 months in Nantes with one other 12 months in Good, France. After that I spent a 12 months working in Mexico, then two years residing in Hong Kong. I by no means would have imagined this life-style rising up!
Oneika in Italy
“Travelling modified my life a lot that I couldn’t think about a life with out it”
You’re again to educating English in London. Do you prefer it? How does it evaluate together with your final educating job in Hong Kong?
My experiences educating in London are truthfully not that completely different from these in Hong Kong. I educate English literature and French at a highschool right here in London, and principally had the very same job in Hong Kong. The curriculum is basically the identical. Each colleges are very internationally minded and the scholar populations are very numerous, although I need to admit that my college students right here in London are actually from in all places all over the world! In Hong Kong, I had much more Asian, Australian, and Kiwi college students, whereas right here in London my college students are largely from the UK, France, and Italy.
Oneika in Bali
How a lot does a metropolis affect your spirit and the way a lot does one’s perspective change a metropolis?
My temper is actually influenced by my environment, so transferring to chilly and gray London after residing in scorching locations like Hong Kong and Mexico was positively a shock to the system. I’ll admit that I’m not insanely in love with London, however I usually attempt to take pleasure in each place I reside in and actually reap the benefits of these cities have to supply. On the finish of the day, a metropolis is only a metropolis, and it’s actually the friendships that you just make and the experiences you could have that make it enjoyable!
I usually attempt to take pleasure in each place I reside in and actually reap the benefits of these cities have to supply
How did you begin running a blog about journey? Why do you retain doing it? What do you want most about journey?
I initially began my weblog in 2005 after I moved to the south of France as a option to keep up a correspondence with family and friends. I by no means imagined that 12 months later I’d nonetheless be writing, however I proceed as a result of I really like sharing my journey tales and provoking others to go overseas. What do I like most about journey? It’s in all probability the sensation of surprise and tradition shock after I arrive in a brand new place!