Huaka’i hele: Travelling w/ Purpose The summer after graduation – dissertations are in, mortar boards have been hurled skywards, and in my case, some pressing decisions required attention. “What am I going to do next?” Many of my friends had already jumped headlong into the scrum that is the graduate job market. Some had even proved successful, soon embarking on exciting careers, and all I could think was “nope. Not going to happen. Not just yet.” I had enjoyed university and left with a good degree in physical geography, but I had also worked hard. The thought of going straight into a career was not an attractive one. Travelling seemed a logical step, but the ‘mainstream’ travel experiences never really did it for me. Don’t get me wrong, partying on a beach in Thailand would be fun, but I wanted more than fun. I wanted to travel with more of a purpose; I wanted to achieve something that was rewarding and would look good when I eve...