n December of 2015, on a very sunny spring day, I arrived at this hidden valley in the far north of New Zealand.
My first week in Gentle World passed by so quickly, as I helped with weeding, cooking, cleaning, renovating a caravan, and preparing amazing, soulful veganic dinners every night.
After my first week, I visited town and I went to the beach with some non-vegan friends. On our way home from a hot sunny day tanning on the beach, a nice cold ice cream seemed irresistible to my eyes. I had a cup of caramel ice cream, which is my favorite, but for some reason it didn’t taste as good as I thought it would. I felt like it was only my taste buds that enjoyed it. That night, I called up one of my friends from Gentle World and talked about my ice cream experience and that was the very moment that I became vegan for ethical reasons.