In March 2008, I ventured to the Pa-cific island paradise of Samoa for a 12-month placement as a hydrology engineer as part of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program. Little did I know that almost three years later I'd still be there as a rural water sup-ply technical' adviser, married and with a child on the way. It started out as a short tropical adven-ture. I'd been working in Scotland for two years and by the second winter I was in need of some sunshine. With five years engineering consultancy experience under my belt, I felt it was time to utilise those skills in a developing world context. I was to work with the Water Resources Division (WRD) of the Ministry of Natu-ral Resources and Environment.
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