Well the preparations are in full swing, The accomodation is all booked and we are all very EXCITED. The school has been informed and all our friends are beginning to find out that we are off to New Zealand to see if we like to live there.

We have spoken via Email with Angela's cousin who lives in Wellington and he has put a very detailed iternary together which is so full that I doubt that 3 weeks will be long enough. Anyway more about that later. Its final prep time. Passports all upto date. Yep I've fallen for that trick before whilst arriving at the airport and they are all valid. Just need to make sure they are in our possession each time we are at an airport. Best add it to the checklist.

Right 3 weeks to go and the packing starts :-) What to take and what not to take because we will be in Dubai in the heat of their summer 40 degrees centigrade and then in New Zeleand when it will be around 10 degrees.

Now then next decision How do we keep everyone updated. Well we have decided to buy an acer aspire one notebook that runs a very efficient version of linux. It allows us to update the blog and browse the internet when we are near WiFI.

So who is volunteering to carry suitcases... trick question kids You all are!!