Post Crossing

Postcrossing is an online community of people who love sending and receiving postcards. The idea is pretty simple. For every postcard you send, you receive one. Basically its your chance to be penpals with the world.

I found Postcrossing on a dorm notice board. I walked past it for almost a month before I noticed it. But once I started, I was hooked. I love getting mail. Love it. Getting mail from strangers halfway across the world is even better.

Moving back home to the Bim made me a precious commodity. A lot of the people on Postcrossing are trying to collect postcards from around the world. While its easy to get a letter from Germany or USA. There are way less Bajan postcrossers in circulation, so although I'm not open to private swaps I started getting loads of requests from people around the world, asking for some mail. Honestly, I reject the majority of the private requests. But every once in a while, I'll get a special request which I can't deny.

As you can guess a lot of the people on there are travelers, or travelers at heart who haven't had the opportunity. I've gotten cards from some really random places, with some great stories. I got a post card from an Australian lady, who runs a blog, FlyingFishInc. Its great! She makes postcard art and journals her travels. There's even a post of the envelope she sent me.

If you love postcards or you enjoy traveling and are grounded for a while, join Postcrossing. It will help feed your travel bug for a while. And if you want some inspiration to spice up your postcards check out FlyingFishInc.

Happy Postcrossing.

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Skydiving in Sydney

Skydiving is #5 on my Bucket List. I decided to just go for it while in Australia, and it was one of the best decisions I've made so far. I've never been afraid of heights but on an abseiling trip,  for the first time I understood why someone would be scared shitless of plummeting to the earth.

That being said I booked skydiving and refused to think about it until the time of action, for fear of not following through. And I did well, didn't think about it until the moment I was pushed out of the plane by someone I met 20 minutes before. Bet in the video you can see the exact moment I realized this was probably a bad idea.

Skydiving is addictive though. I wanted to do it again immediately. One of the best experiences I've ever had and I will be doing it again, and again, until it stops being fun, but I doubt jumping out of a plane will never not be at least a little bit fun.

How about you guys, what scary things have you done that you realized halfway through was probably a bad idea, but in the end couldn't live without?

If you are ever in Australia looking to jump out of a plane look up Sydney Skydivers. I had a great time with them and I didn't die, which is always a plus. www.sydneyskydivers.com.au

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