It’s that time of year again, where I seem to be met by an unusually high number of scraggly looking men with scruffy facial hair and fu manchu moustaches.

If you don’t know what I am talking out – it’s Movember. Each year, Movember is the excuse used by men around the world to grow facial hair – much to the general disgust of their wives or girlfriends who have to walk around with him whilst he proudly struts his Mo.

A Mo for a cause

Luckily, it’s all in the name of a good charity and secretly I think the ladies like a little bit of facial hair (if only a little bit). Those partaking in the facial-hair-fun are encouraged to seek donations from friends and family to help raise funds for mens health. In New Zealand, the money goes to mental health and prostate cancer awareness, amongst other men’s health related things.

I have been a part of Movember in the past, but this year I have not let my facial hair run wild; however, a group of people that I work with have been hard at work growing some fancy Mo’s.

Today is the last day for Movember, so I gathered the team together to take some portraits of the finished moustaches.

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Sharon and I have recently returned from a 3 week adventure in North Vietnam. Vietnam is a crazy place. The culture is radically different to that of the west and our visit through Vietnam was met with a mixture of amazement, fascination and frustration.

The primary reason for our visit to Vietnam was for a holiday – to experience a different culture and to feed our adventurous side. The last 18 months have been pretty tough for us, with a sick family member necessitating numerous long and stressful trips half way across the globe. Vietnam was an opportunity for us to go away and have a little fun.

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