headed to kiwi land!

we're off to new zealand and very excited about it. asia was incredible, but it'll be good to be in a western country with cheese and decent red wine. cheese is what lkm is missing most. she couldn't live in asia long term for the sole fact it lacks good cheese.

just spent a week in bali. if we could do it all over again, we'd stay a month in indonesia and cut a week off the other southeast asian countries we visited. the beaches are beautiful, the food delicious, and the lodging palatial. we'll get some pics and stories up soon...


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flying into christchurch and immediately meeting up with a hoard of people. kim and yu, our hobo buddies that we're going to buy a van with and travel across NZ; smitty, my good buddy from college; julie of notorious gambling fame; and tim and jenny who have never let me take a picture of them. ever.

here's the vehicle we've got our eyes on... a 1994 toyota hiace supercustom. we put in a winning bid for it on trademe, which is the craigslist of new zealand. if its running well, we're taking it.


after securing a vehicle, we're headed up to the abel tasman national park!