International Law and Human Rights 2011 Video

Rebecca Brown from the University of Newcastle has compiled this great video from the 2011 International Law and Human Rights program at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.

This program runs annually and is offered to Australian university students through AIM Overseas.

Great Blog on Health in Mexico Program

Two of AIM Overseas' students, Jo and Lauren, are writing a great blog about their experience.

Read their latest entry here:
http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/La-Condesa/blog-561175.html

Makes us want to jump on a plane to Mexico!

First time in the UK

Suzanne Chang, the winner of AIM Overseas' 'Win a flight to London on AirAsiaX' reflects on her first weeks in the UK:

"The UK has been pretty great lately and even though it's cold, it's not cold enough to snow. I have been shopping on Oxford St (probably shouldn't have gone on the 28th of December, but we'll put that one down to a rookie error) and visited Oxford (which was freezing but very, very pretty).  The sales here are fantastic and totally worth it, I'm probably going to have to pay excess baggage fees, but we'll worry about that at a later stage! I made lots of new friends in Guilford, Surrey and Chelmsford, Essex and saw a show in the West End - going around the UK has been really fantastic so far, there is a whole heap of history that you just don't really get in Australia.

Almost every town here has some claim to fame, a castle and some cobblestone streets! The public transport here is amazing too - trains that run on time and get you very quickly from place to place...and the tube, don't even get me started. I LOVE THE TUBE." 

 

Competition winner hits London

AIM Overseas' 'Win a Flight to London on AirAsiaX' competition winner, Suzanne Chang, has reached London and has sent us this update:

"So I'm finally in London with WiFi and it is flipping freezing. I missed the snow though, so that's a little bit lame. I have a deep appreciation for the London Underground, it is so well organised, if only Sydney trains were like that. The flight itself wasn't too bad, there weren't many people so there was lots of space to chill out and spread out. The temperature shock from Malaysia to the UK is ridiculous though, almost a 40C dip. Crazy huh?

Speaking of, being in Malaysia was pretty good, spent a lot of time in the malls with my family, whom being truly Malaysian, claim there isn't much else to do but to go to malls. This is true, because of the high humidity, it is best to stay in cool, well air conditioned places, aka malls, which are pretty freaking big in Malaysia, and the shopping is also relatively great with the exchange rate and all. And Christmas in Malaysia is pretty much a non-event, all the malls stay open until late and with the exception of all the plastic decorations and fake snow, Christmas holds pretty much no meaning. But they do go all out with the decorations."

 

Competition Winner takes off

AIM Overseas' 'Win a Flight to London on AirAsiaX' competition winner, Suzanne Chang, has just taken off for Europe. Over the coming weeks during her trip, Suzanne will be sending us back updates on all the fun she's having. 

Here's Suzanne's first update:

"With the exception of a delayed flight because the plane had to divert to Alice Springs, I am here in Malaysia unharmed as of yet. Still have this odd feeling that I have forgotten something in my luggage, but I figure I can buy everything I actually need. Both flights were relatively okay, just the waiting and transit gets awfully boring!"

Merry Christmas from everyone here at AIM Overseas and see you in 2011!