So, I finally made it to New Zealand a week ago.  On my way from Thailand I spent five days in Australia visiting friends and scuba diving before heading off.  The first few days were really productive.  I found a short term apartment, signed a lease on a studio apartment, and got all my scuba gear taken by customs.  Ok, not all of it, just the pieces that were wet.  They will dry them out then give them back, how nice!

Other than that I have just been job searching.  I am figuring out how the CVs in New Zealand differ from Australia and the USA so I am rewriting my CV to meet local expectations.  I think it is harder to read but it is what they want.  Well, my laptop is out of power so I have to cut this short.

So I have been on Koh Tao for about a week. Relaxing on the beach, eating good food, and having a great time. I stayed in a bungalow 100 meters from the beach for the first 4 nights then moved to free accomedation while I was taking the rescue diving course.

The course took 3 days and was great, even if it was tiering for me. Learning how to respond to other divers in distress makes you much more comfortable if you were to get into the situation yourself. I highly recommend it for any scuba divers.

Well, once I completed the course I went back to relaxing. Sit around, read, do some fun scuba dives. Life is hard.