Well those of you that know me fairly well know that I am now back in the northern hemisphere and some where between London and Cork. What can I say? Good to be back? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it was nice to meet all my old friends and family. The last leg of the holidays is my cousin Martin's wedding next Friday. That will be the final welcome home from the rest of the O'Connor clan and then it will be get a job time. I knew the fun would ha...

Hi all, Well this may possibly be my last postcard as I will be leaving S.Africa in two fays time. I have had an absloutly brilliant time and could easily spend another month here - there is just soo much to do. On Monday I headed off on a 5 day trip with the bokbus along the greden route. This was one of the best trips I have been on and every day was better than the next. I did so much and had so much fun that I was too exhausted to do anything when ...

Hi all, Well I am now on the last leg of my journey and can almost count the days till I return. Although saying that I still don't exactly know - I must confirm with the airline tomorrow. Well I left Bangkok at 15:30 yesterday and arrived at the hotel in Cape town at 15:00 (bangkok time) so I was travelling for almost 24 hours. With the time difference I arrived i CT for 11ish. I got to my base and straight away began to plan the next few days. One ...

Hi all, Well I am now back in Bangkok after a fab three weeks in Vietnam. For my last two days I stayed in Ho Chi Minh city and thanks to Martin O'Grady (must meet you for a beer) stayed in the luxurious Caravelle hotel which his brother Stephen is the General Manager of. The hospitality shown to me was unreal and made a perfect end to a pefect time in Vietnam. Who ever is reading this if you ever go to Vietnam you MUST stay in the caravelle hotel. The food...

Hi all, The more I travel the smaller and smaller this world seems to get!!! You would never believe what happend to me yesterday in Vietnam? Well nothing really happened but I met two girls in a place called "Sapa" who were from Mayo. We got talking and they asked me where I was going after vietnam. I told them south Africa for 10 days or two weeks, but that I would be cutting the trip short as I was coming home for a friends wedding in Newcastl...