Alright Chaps and Chapettes, I know I said that I would write another postcard before the New Year, but very little had happened in December that was worthy of your attention. Since my last update I have started doing my DM course with an outfit called Global Dive and I am really loving it. They are all such a cool bunch of people and know how to have fun. At this moment I have done 6 out of 8 exams, and got 100% in all of them, done 2 out of four stamina t...

Hi Folks,  Sorry for the huge delay in writing another postcard. I have emailed most of you so was a bit lazy in writing on the site. But have finally found some time to get it done. Since my last postcard everything has improved in my life. Although, I have still not seen much of New Zealand due to all the stuff I am doing.   As most of you know I was looking to move into another industry not related to hospitality. With my sales experience I was able ...

Alright Folks,  I got into Auckland 9 days early to surprise Sharlene and to help with the move into the new house. I got in the day before the move and between Sharlene’s parents and I we ensured Sharlene knew nothing about my arrival. That night Sharlene’s dad and I went down to their holiday home to pick up a truckload of Sharlene’s stuff and to keep the subterfuge going. The next day we got to the house before Sharlene and waited to sur...

Hola Amigos,   Through the hostel I was staying in in San Diego I booked an excursion into Tijuana, Mexico. The border into Mexico was a turn-style with nobody of authority there. The first thing I saw was all the tack that I had avoided for 9 months in Latin America, and than something I never expected to see. Two donkey’s painted to look like Zebras! There was a lot of tourists getting their pictures taken with the “Zonkeys”, I was disgus...

Are you ready for your close up?  I had only 3 days in Hollywood and so had to cut my time down to doing the essentials, The Hollywood Sign, Universal Studies, The Walk of Fame, and a few museums.  I trekked up to the Hollywood sign on my first day in the blistering LA heat and got some shots of smog and little else. I did the usual Mullhulard Drive walk and got some snaps with the sign behind me and than decided to get a bit closer to the sign. Now thi...