Another plane ticket purchased!
April 27th from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to San Francisco, USA. So it seems I will be spending three whole months in Bolivia! It also means that I will be spending my birthday in the Bolivian rainforest with all the big cats, monkeys & birds! Happy happy happy!!!
1 more ticket to get, sometime around the end of May, Van Couver, Canada to London, England. Then I have my itinerary sorted. I know some would rather have no plans as things change but this trip is very much in two parts for me. Bolivia and the USA. The Bolivian part is me seeing my friend Rako and her partner and then volunteering in Parque Machia. The US trip is a little more open and free, except for the knowledge that I will return from Canada in May....Most probably ;)
Well this weekend was my last free weekend in London till June 2011. From next weekend I will be working two jobs. Winding down my time at Medical Couriers till December 3rd but starting at Winter Wonderland from next weekend, my bar will be situated in The Spiegel Saloon. I'll working through till January 4th around six days a week if I can hack it! o_O
My next Weekend day out will be (apart from Gogol Bordello & Hawkwind gigs) will be Saturday 22nd January for some leaving drinks in The Big Red in Holloway. FB event to follow at some point :)
Sunday 14 November 2010
Wednesday 3 November 2010
The end of my ten year career and my big adventure!
Well I did, I finally did it! Today I gave in my notice at Medical Couriers, from December 2nd I will no longer be a medical courier controller anymore, and that makes me very happy indeed!
The story so far:
Ten years ago I got a job as a motorbike courier in London, one of the most dangerous job going (they tell me) and after two years I decided I wanted to go where the cabbies and buses couldn't get me, in the office! So I worked my way through, Telephonist, Courier Co-ordinator, Postroom Manager, Van Controller, Ambulance Planner, Telephonist Trainer, Motorbike Co-ordinator, Medical Courier Controller & Courier Trainer.
So today I was offered the position of bar supervisor at the bar in Winter Wonderland in hyde Park for the xmas period, it pays a shit load more money then my current job and will help me to save the final bits of money needed for my supreme adventure :D
I leave behind a career (of which I shall never return) but also a great team and fantastic boss at Medical Couriers, without which I would have left a long time ago. Moira my boss has been the fairest and greatest inspiration boss i have ever had the fortunity (it's a word now!) to meet, someone who shall remain in my life for time to come. Adam is a great guy to work with, and even with his ability to forget things he surely makes up for in his knowledge of the industry and ability to inject his great navy born sense of humour into our office environment. Tim is the most devoted family man you'll ever hope to meet ever! A dedicated man to the very core and one that I hope to know for a long time to come! A music lover like no other. He's my kind of guy! Tracey is cantankerous, short tempered and awkward, and I love her for it, for Tracey tells it like it is, there's no beating around the bush, what you see is what you get, lets keep in touch. Natalie has been the biggest surprise of all, adapting to our department like someone who's always been there, keeping us on our toes and making us smile with her lovely stories and fantastic unprejudiced opinions, I will surely miss her. And that just leaves Lili, such a loving soul, such a passionate person, somehow my life would be emptier without Lili around....She makes great cakes too! ;) to all of you I bid farewell, auf wiedersehen, catch ya on the flipside! I will make you all very jealous with my postcards, but fear not, I will pop in with dark chocolate for you all randomly when you least expect it!
And here I find myself standing on the edge of a great mighty cliff, ready to dive off into the realms of my first travelling adventure, Bolivia is where I will begin (actually I'm starting in Switzerland to visit with my grandma in the mountains, a nice chill before the jungle of Bolivia!) I'm going to visit my very good friend Rachel in the rain forest for a bit then relocating to Inti Wara Yassi
Parque Machia
I will be working with big cats, monkeys and birds for a few months, and quite frankly I cannot wait to get stuck in!
After my time has ended in Bolivia I will begin phase two of my adventure. In April i'm flying to San Francisco where I will spend around a week partying it up (well it will be my birthday after all) before hitting the road on this
Big Enough bike for ya?!
Right up the highway 101. Should take around three days and I'll stop off with some great friends and founding members of The Texas Chainsaw Orchestra Vee & Daniel in Seattle, party party party!! And then finally to Van Couver to stay with the wonderful Miss Emma before I fly home in time for next years festival season to begin!
Wow is all I can say! plenty of hard work and long hours in my bar in hyde Park before I go (Please drop by and say hi!!) And it will all be worth it for the chance to do what i'm about to do.
So there it is people, my big adventure! And the first of many :D
Much love to you all,
Paul Lazar xx
The story so far:
Ten years ago I got a job as a motorbike courier in London, one of the most dangerous job going (they tell me) and after two years I decided I wanted to go where the cabbies and buses couldn't get me, in the office! So I worked my way through, Telephonist, Courier Co-ordinator, Postroom Manager, Van Controller, Ambulance Planner, Telephonist Trainer, Motorbike Co-ordinator, Medical Courier Controller & Courier Trainer.
So today I was offered the position of bar supervisor at the bar in Winter Wonderland in hyde Park for the xmas period, it pays a shit load more money then my current job and will help me to save the final bits of money needed for my supreme adventure :D
I leave behind a career (of which I shall never return) but also a great team and fantastic boss at Medical Couriers, without which I would have left a long time ago. Moira my boss has been the fairest and greatest inspiration boss i have ever had the fortunity (it's a word now!) to meet, someone who shall remain in my life for time to come. Adam is a great guy to work with, and even with his ability to forget things he surely makes up for in his knowledge of the industry and ability to inject his great navy born sense of humour into our office environment. Tim is the most devoted family man you'll ever hope to meet ever! A dedicated man to the very core and one that I hope to know for a long time to come! A music lover like no other. He's my kind of guy! Tracey is cantankerous, short tempered and awkward, and I love her for it, for Tracey tells it like it is, there's no beating around the bush, what you see is what you get, lets keep in touch. Natalie has been the biggest surprise of all, adapting to our department like someone who's always been there, keeping us on our toes and making us smile with her lovely stories and fantastic unprejudiced opinions, I will surely miss her. And that just leaves Lili, such a loving soul, such a passionate person, somehow my life would be emptier without Lili around....She makes great cakes too! ;) to all of you I bid farewell, auf wiedersehen, catch ya on the flipside! I will make you all very jealous with my postcards, but fear not, I will pop in with dark chocolate for you all randomly when you least expect it!
And here I find myself standing on the edge of a great mighty cliff, ready to dive off into the realms of my first travelling adventure, Bolivia is where I will begin (actually I'm starting in Switzerland to visit with my grandma in the mountains, a nice chill before the jungle of Bolivia!) I'm going to visit my very good friend Rachel in the rain forest for a bit then relocating to Inti Wara Yassi
Parque Machia
I will be working with big cats, monkeys and birds for a few months, and quite frankly I cannot wait to get stuck in!
After my time has ended in Bolivia I will begin phase two of my adventure. In April i'm flying to San Francisco where I will spend around a week partying it up (well it will be my birthday after all) before hitting the road on this
Big Enough bike for ya?!
Right up the highway 101. Should take around three days and I'll stop off with some great friends and founding members of The Texas Chainsaw Orchestra Vee & Daniel in Seattle, party party party!! And then finally to Van Couver to stay with the wonderful Miss Emma before I fly home in time for next years festival season to begin!
Wow is all I can say! plenty of hard work and long hours in my bar in hyde Park before I go (Please drop by and say hi!!) And it will all be worth it for the chance to do what i'm about to do.
So there it is people, my big adventure! And the first of many :D
Much love to you all,
Paul Lazar xx
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