Tuesday 21 April, 6:30 pm local time. At an internet café called "Blah Blah" (what an appropriate name!) in Christchurch. Good day all! It's been one week since our last update, and needless to say we've kept ourselves busy. The one adjustment, however, has been to spend less time driving and in the camper van (don't even get me started… got a mouthful to say about camper vans, but I'll keep my negativity in check!), and more time sightseeing a...

Tuesday 14 April, 8:40pm local time. Just arrived in Taupo. It's happy hour at the Internet cafe ($2.50 NZD/hr instead of $10), which makes us both very happy! Hello hello! First off, thanks to everyone who read our first blog (after all, it's for ya!), and secondly, for all your lovely messages! Well, the short of it is that a lot has happened since we last updated you, so here are the highlights of the past week: Auckland, April 9-10On our last day in Auck...

Thursday 9 April, 5:30 pm (local time), Auckland Public Library (free internet access!) Greetings from Auckland! It's hard to believe that our 3.5 month adventure has finally begun! Here's an update of what's been going on so far... We left Toronto on Monday 6 April, and spent 1 day and 1 night in L.A. (which was fabulous, daaaarling!). We took a day tour with VIP tours (who seem to have a monopoly of the tacky tour bus market), and saw the key sights/attracti...