A Guest Post by David Gantt

Hey guys,

… As most of you know I spent the first half of my summer in Australia playing basketball and touring a little bit. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who helped me get there by donating. Your donations helped keep me fed, pay for gym fees, and do a little bit of sight seeing as well. If you haven’t seen the pictures of the trip I made a photo stream on Flickr of the highlights of the trip that you can check out by clicking here. I also have full albums of a couple of my site-seeing days via Facebook that you can view by clicking here and here if you have time.

As far as basketball goes, I was the leading scorer on my team for the short time that I was there and was second leading scorer in the league at the time of my leaving. I averaged just over 19 points a game and had a really fun time playing out there. The style of play is very different to the style out here, but playing as much as I did was good for me and helped me learn more about the game.

If it weren’t for my supporters I would not have been able to travel at all so I thank you again for caring enough about me and my interest in basketball to help me out. Please email me and let me know how you are all doing.

One last thing, I booked my trip through Phil Kennedy and he did an amazing job for me. He constantly kept me updated with times, itineraries, flight plans, and tour details and would always answer all of my emails quickly and professionally. Since it was my first trip abroad, I was a little nervous about a few things, but his patience in answering questions was greatly appreciated and I would strongly recommend him to anybody thinking about traveling to Australia or New Zealand. He’s got a website and you can reach him by emailing him on the “Contact Us” page. Thanks again Phil!!!

Regards from David Gantt