First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...

First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...

First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...