I started writing this from auckland airport but the net kept restarting and after a few tries i gave up. We've now completed our first leg of the trip. 18 hours on planes, 28 hours travelling, 4 flights and not much sleep but we are now in New Zealand.

The journey wasn't too bad. A few hiccups along the way but we managed to sort them all out. LA airport is extremely scary. Not only is it large and not well sign posted, but also chaotic outside and changing terminals seems to be hit or miss on catching the right bus. Theres also a high chance of being run over as the cars outside didn't seem tomove logically or stop when they were supposed to.

From what we've seen so far, NZ a stunning country. The way the hills are right on your backdoor is amazing and its certainly a calmer place compared to America. It seems alot like ome in some places, but very different in others, but overall its nice being here, even if it is winter.

We haven't slept yet, but the family friend we are staying with for a couple of days has been kind enough to help us out with a few things, and the idea of a shower and cleans clothes was never so appealing in my life.

Tomorrow we are gonna head out for the day before leaving on thursday for auckland and starting out tour on friday. My message load from 1 day was already 120 devs, 300 messages and 4 notes, so its gonna be fun to try and keep on top of it

Hope everyone is ok, and let me know what happened to you onthe 6th of July. Due to the time changes that day never happened for me, so i feel left out

I'm now on the count down till i leave for new zealand with ~Malpercio. I've yet to start packing but it shouldn't take long as everything is either in the washing machine or in my other suitcase. My flight leaves tomorrow evening, so from tomorrow lunchtime i wont be around.

I then have 4 flights to catch. As i never sleep well on planes its going to be a long journey, but atleast this time i will have company. The journey looks like:

Detroit -> Phoenix -> LA -> Auckland -> Tauranga

We are the staying with a family friend for a couple of days before flying back to auckland to start on and organised tour we have. Along the way i may get a chance to pop on but nothing is certain. We finish our tour and then head over to sydney for a few days before heading back to Detroit on the 29th.

I'm then staying in Detroit till the 17th August before flying home

This past 10 days has gone quick but have been great so far. I just hope the rest of the trip goes smoothly.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing my message center on my return. I currently get 150-200 messages a day, so multiply that by 3 weeks and i'm looking at 4-5k Also if you are one of the usual people i talk to feel free to sed me random notes updating me on events, conversations, random thoughts etc I was hoping to play a message center guess, but as theres a chance of me logging on it makes it unfair.

So if i don't get a chance to speak to you before i leave, i hope you all have a good 3 weeks. Don't cause too much dArama and if you need to get in contact just drop me a note