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Awesome video!

Beautiful place Melbourne never been there. One day I will visit sure 👍

Sooo beautiful 😍

That's a rough landscape. Cool video! 😎👍

Amazing how you managed to do all that in one day walking. But really you saw very little of Canberra. It's called The Bush Capital for a reason.

What’s the name of the hostel. Amazing video

Hello Katherine 🙂

Katherine! 👋🙂

Good to see you Katherine! :)

Surprised an ethnic Russian Latvian knows about my country lol. Love Russia and Latvia from Singapore!!

🎉 happy return to studying!!

Welcome back! Having a period of low motivation every once in a while is totally understandable. Sometimes you just don't feel like it! I'm been having a motivation slump for the past month-ish as well, and I'm also hoping to start filming some stuff to get that motivation back. Sometimes, forcing yourself to film a vlog is helpful to kind of force yourself back into that routine 😂

Good to see you back. I don't think you are lazy. I think it has more to do with lack of incentive. I slow down with posts too if videos are costing more in time and money than they bring in through revenue. Profit is a good indicator of what you should do more or less of; people vote with their money. Advertisers also want a larger audience; you can see that my content has drastically changed in realization of this. In total, you are not lazy, you just find other things more rewarding currently.

Welcome back!

Such a good video update I first followed you for language not Aotearoa .... ease in... it was your spark Kia kaha 🏆

Just subscribed to your new channel. I am the 3rd 😊. Thanks for sharing your experience. Also please upload india, nepal travel vlogs.

Michael Mosley sadly brought me here. Thanks for the video Language Traveller.

Wow, that's some great scenery!

🙂👍

very sweet girl, greetings from austria

Stunning 🤩

I am planning to spend a day in franz and fox glacier. Suggest me a one day itinerary with great views and amazing treks\walks

What is the name of the hike

Hi Catherine, you need to be fit to do even the Routeburn Track. I've been over it many times, and I have often met people exhausted because of a lack of fitness, many of who were also carrying packs which were just too heavy for a three-day trip. It also sounds as if your sleeping bag was unsuitable for outdoor use ... Still, a good video all in all.

Hey Katherine! Great videos! :) how do I find you on instagram?☺️

Don't you like Sri Lanka

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So great to see you again Katherine! ❤

Wow, this is reminding me that I need to get out and exercise more! Your shoulders/back must have been so sore by the end of it, not to mention your legs. How much longer are you planning on staying in New Zealand? Feels like you've been there around a year, if my memory is correct

Nice, Good work, just tell those fast trampers you had four extra hours of beautiful scenery. Can I make a suggestion? Don't read further if no😂😅 Between outdoors experiences study, practice and rehearse the same way you do with language study. You can find lessons plans on webs for all the basics. For example google: "how to pack a pack". Also getting a tent up quickly can be a life saver, rehearse this skill before needing it. Time is never wasted on rehearsals. Do mini full dress rehearsals before you go into the real outdoors. Just a thought.

Missing you Katherine. ❤️

I Love seeing the forests in your vlogs. Gives me nostalgia.

Marlbourough sounds. So many good memories there. Binging on your south island videos lol. Thank you for sharing.

I'm from Christchurch but live in Australia. Love the south. Great video Katherine.

Woahhhh girl I could never 😂 You're braver than I am! 🪂

For anyone interested. Katherine mentioned Predator Free. Predator Free 2050 is a world renowned and significant conservation effort in Aotearoa that is backed by the government. New Zealand has globally unique flora, fauna and fungi, many of which are threatened by extinction. The only indigenous land mammals are two species of tiny adorable bats, we are Islands of birds. Once mammal predators are gone birds and super adorable lizards. We as a nation intend to eradicate introduced predator species that kill an estimated 25 million birds (+lizards+amphibians+flora...) per year in Aotearoa. To experience what a urban predator free New Zealand looks like visit Miramar Wellington. Be proud of your Kārearea scars, you've been attacked by a magnificent unique and endangered falcon that can fly through dense forest at speed.

Katherine <3 👋😃

Such a beautiful place 😍. Nice vlog 👍🏻.

I swear, you walk more in one of your vlogs than I usually walk in a month 🤣 You must be getting in great hiking shape throughout your time in NZ

Nice walk. 🙂👍❤️

Honestly , even an hour a day of language learning is quite a lot for someone who's traveling around and doing other active things! Don't sell yourself short! ☺ Pretty hike, by the way! I hate being in nature, but I like seeing it from the comfort of my cozy room 😂

Love it. ❤

I love this, I totally also do the thing where I use something once or twice and then drift off and never come back even tho I really liked it 😆 I should pick something for other languages too, currently doing this for a few things in Spanish

"promosm"

I would say that I don't typically enjoy just having one resource because I often find that I get bored of it and need something else to do to continue to engage with the language. Also, it's hard to find one resource that covers everything in a balanced way. It also varies massively depending on the language. For example, Greek has the least amount of resources compared to my other languages (Spanish, Italian and German) and I typically focus on one text book but I am also using graded readers, netflix, lingq and a grammar drill book. I have also used GreekPod101 and Language Transfer etcetc. but it can get very difficult to balance them all and feel like I am progressing when I have too many similar resources (and other languages and life haha) German is my newest language and I enjoy using Busuu and Babbel at the same time (along with Assimil because I really wanted to try out the method haha) and I like that I am coming across the same stuff with each method but taught in a slightly different way. However, I can't add many more resources (which I tried) because then it starts to become overwhelming I love the idea of language projects and I hope it goes well with yours!! Thanks for the video 😀

These days for Korean I use a bunch of different things, but I think especially in the beginner and early intermediate stages if you can find one resource that you really enjoy that spans from easy topics to more difficult ones, it can feel really rewarding to progress along that path. It's often easier to make progress if you're following one set pathway instead of jumping around between resources that might introduce things in different orders. It's also easy to build habits when you're familiar with and have fun with one primary resource. That being said, I think supplementing that resource with media and other resources here and there can spice things up or explain concepts that you don't understand. (I think especially for grammar concepts, it can be nice to have one set resource that you use, since those things often build on each other) That being said, I don't think there's anything wrong with using a bunch of different resources and jumping around -- it just not might not feel as cohesive, and for grammar stuff, there could be some repetition or missing gaps in the things that you learn. But as far as reading, listening, and that kind of stuff, I really think it's not a huge deal to jump around. Again, using the same resource for a long time can help you build a sense of familiarity with that writer/speaker or the general layout of the resource and how it's set up, but regardless you're going to be improving your reading/listening skills.

Hello Katherine 👋🙂

Dolphins are cool. Sometimes the best moments happen unexpectedly. Beautiful vlog. Have a great day Katherine. ❤

For reference for new hikers. On such a track 3 km/h wiith a 25kg pack is a good fitness level. Once you can do this for 6 hours you are ready for harder things. At that level of fitness you can walk yourself out of trouble almost anywhere in Aotearoa.

Do you ever get nervous hiking alone? I feel like I would be too scared to be in nature all by myself