Knievel..
I done mine in west palm beach FL with cloud9 helicopters.. got it done in five weeks, passed the checkride at 50Hrs, was there for 6 weeks thou, took a spin in the raven II while i was there to check her out.
My reasons for going abroad are the same as everyone else who go to florida, its cheaper and i wanted to get the hell out of ireland for a few weeks
Thou i went over the end of july 2008, alot of thunderstorms about, was 35 degrees the whole time i was there, tis fun pre-flighting the robbie in that