Farewell Party

Thankyou to all that came to wish me well and my family + friends for organising it! Meant a lot to me :)

3 Days to go...

Completed my First Aid training this weekend, so now I am qualified to apply for an activity based job! Was actually a lot of fun learning how to make slings and the recovery position etc.

• Visa - done
• Insurance - done
• Blog - done
  
• Clothes/Shoe shopping - done
  
• CV update (references) - mostly done (stil need another reference)
  
• Other random gear I'll need - done
  
• Traveller's checks, other monies - half done (got Hong Kong dollars but still need NZ currency)
  
• Feeling I've done everything in my power to be prepared - not done

Gonna be stuffing all my gear into my 2 tiny bags tonight to see if it will all fit! Nerves are beginning to creep up on me but my excitement level is also high :)

Watch this space for Hong Kong photos next week (hopefully)

Progress!

Alritey, sticking with the bullet points because I cannot be bothered to come up with anything new right now;

• Visa - done
• Insurance - done
• Blog - done
  
• Clothes/Shoe shopping - half done (got sum nifty walking booty things)
  
• CV update (references) - half done (updated but stil need references)
  
• Other random gear I'll need - half done (ordered some stuff but still need to sort the rest)
  
• Traveller's checks, other monies - not done
• Feeling I've done everything in my power to be prepared - not done

And I'm off to Sweden in two days for a very long weekend break, so, attempting to get some more things on that list green before I leave.

Found this company that are hiring Guides for their walks http://www.ultimatehikes.co.nz/ - looks like my kind of thing, although I'm dangerously under-qualified. Bearing that in mind am off to do a 2 day First Aid course with St John Ambulance before I leave. I just pray I dont have to give mouth to mouth to some rubber doll. Eeeep!

Pre-trip preparations

Well, looking at my mental checklist;

• Visa - done
• Insurance - done
• Blog - done
  
• Clothes/Shoe shopping - not done
• CV update (references) - not done
• Other random gear I'll need - not done
• Traveller's checks, other monies - not done
• Feeling I've done everything in my power to be prepared - not done
  

Hm. Got another 20 days to sort it all though I suppose.

Oh, welcome to the Blog :)