T.I.A // THIS IS AFRICA.

For those who are wondering why It looks like Im doing many different things at once alongside my nutritional coaching career, I’m also a part time anaesthetic nurse at a hospital on the Gold Coast, Australia. I was fortunate enough to have been selected to join a maxillary facial team this year and travel across to the other side of the planet (which seemed to me more like landing on a completely different planet) to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These are my experiences in words and photos, that just won't give any justice unless you go yourself. 

MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN THE VIRUNGA JUNGLE, AFRICA.

Trekking through the Virunga jungle was one of the most amazing things I have ever done in my life. Climbing a steep incline 2700m above sea level (I take my hat off to those who train/trek in high altitude… so hard!) in the middle of Africa, we came across a beautiful little family of Mountain Gorillas. As we sat in their nest and watched them play, eat, groom and rest… we were told the amazing story behind this family…