My job

I am not sure if I ever mentioned how I got my job and what exactly I was doing.
Well, one of my biggest supporters of this trip is Ben, Amber's husband. He lived in Sydney for a bit and gave me some contacts here to help me get settled in- Ali and Ian.
When I first arrived in Sydney I gave them a bell and met with them for lunch. They showed me their business, which is an outside marketing company. Through that they had access to PVC billboards and decided to make handbags out of them. There are a few other companies out there that do this... but none have really taken the market. I saw the bags and liked the concept... but off I was to go travel up the coast.
In Byron Bay, my first day there and not knowing anyone... I found myself with a lot of thinking time. There was something about the bags and that project that intrigued me and made me come up with a lot of ideas. With out having asked for it, I sent Ian and Ali a very long email, as they later teased me about, detailing what I thought needed to be done and lots of other ideas. I had no idea what type of response I would get... "Mind your own business"; "What the hell do you know about design?!"; "Thanks but no thanks"... to my surprise it was much different.
I ended up working for them for 6 weeks.. designing and developing 6 bags for them to launch with. It was a really interesting project and allowed me to experience a lot of Sydney.
I never expected to have an opportunity like this during my travels... before I left NY I said that I would be open to anything that came my way... and I think this is a perfect example of achieving this goal I set for myself.
They have just asked me go to China to oversee production of the bags... yet another twist in this adventure of mine!