For those of you who weren't around at the time, I did most of my hourbuilding by flying in California - traffic watch, mountain flying, and seeing new places - then some flying in Russia, dual in MI-2s and MI-8s. There are threads about both of these trips, if you can still find them. I had a wonderful time, learned loads, and it cost me less than tootling off to the next airfield hundreds of times back home. I looked at other places - South Africa looked good, so did Australia, though I couldn't find out about mustering...really fancied trying that. I agree, go and do something different; you may never get the chance again.
