Star Stuck! Re: the man in Saigon

Ok… I’ve held of posting this for a wee while as it might be a tad dorky…. BUT…. I was star struck last week – I was very stoked to get email from Kerre Woodham about the postcard man Megan and I met in Saigon!  

I finally remembered to email TVNZ/Intrepid to tell them about the encounter with the man in the market who we recognised from the TV show Intrepid Journeys (check out this blog entry)….    I wanted to let them know that we bumped into the man in the market, he remembered Kerre very clearly and that he was obviously very stoked to be on NZ TV (more so when we told him we recognised him from TV).   

Welcome to my new weblog!

Hello everyone, welcome to my new weblog!  I had some ‘issues’ with my webhoster in NZ so I will use this as my online diary for a few months and then will upload the rest of my website later (when I get back from my 2 months backpacking).   So… why am I writing a blog I hear some ask (esp those who aren’t updated on the latest gossip or who don’t actually know me!).   WELL – I have finally quit my job and am embarking on my 3^rd OE… the key difference is this time I don’t plan on working unless I have to!So far the plan is:

• a week bumming around in Bangkok (nearly done)     
•  2 months traveling around Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with my friend Megan.  We will also see a little bit of Thailand as we are using Bangkok as our base (my dad lives here)       
• 1 month bumming around/learning Thai in Bangkok after Megan goes home        
•  3 months Volunteering in North Eastern Thailand (teaching English)
•  Catching up with a few friends who are going to visit me in Thailand (Aimee and Jono at the end of Oct, Albert for 2 weeks over Christmas/New Years)        
• This is where the plan peters out… I think I will be broke so I might need to look for work (bummer).   Maybe I will get a job in Thailand or I could teach English in South Korea… who knows!

So, that’s what this website is for… to keep a record of my trip and to keep in touch with friends and family.   I hope you enjoy it!