Intrepid Journeys - Ladakh (Stephanie Tauevihi)

It's an alpine tourist town, a bit like Queenstown — if Queenstown had donkeys in the streets and monkeys in the trees.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi arrives in Manali

I'm very sad to leave here 'cause I feel like I've been prodded. Big time.

– Presenter Stephanie Taeuvihi is pushed out of her comfort zone

Oh mate. We've gone from chaos to calm in an hour. Outrageous.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi flies from Delhi to Leh in the Ladakh region

I'm a big one for personal space, and I'm very, you know, 'This is my space, get away from me.' But, there's no personal space here. You get your boob pinched, your bum pinched.

– Novice traveller Stephanie Tauevihi tries to get used to her new surroundings in Delhi

I've never felt so lazy in my bloody life. They work from dusk 'til dawn, and they still have the time and the energy to giggle with each other and to humour me.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi tries wheat farming

How long can you look at a view for before you know that it's kinda uncool and you look unfit and you should keep going, though? Probably about now.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi wrestles with the altitude in Leh

I feel like I've been lying down my whole life and this is really kind of...I don't wanna do that when I get back to New Zealand, I don't want to miss out on things.

– Ladakh lights a fire inside Stephanie Tauevihi

I'm hot and I think I've swallowed about six flies. I'm going to stop talking. It's an assault on every sense of the word — the smell, the heat, the people, the energy is just huge.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi is overwhelmed by her first trip overseas and the heat of Delhi, early in this episode

...these people can't even live in their own country, or practise or pray for what they believe in. And even while they're here, they do it, in a land that's not even theirs, and they do it with joy and real faith. I am blown away.

– Presenter Stephanie Tauevihi gets emotional over the displacement of Tibetan immigrants