new zealand part 2

im sitting in a McDonalds while i wait for the rental car place to open... i cant tell you enough how much i appreciate high speed internet! it took me what seemed half an hour to check three emails the other day at hannah's parents house (ippy's in-laws), steve, i feel for you bro... it is the ultimate test of patience.

nick and hannah got married off, and it was oowesome (thats kiwi for awesome... two o's for double oowesome!) we had heaps of fun already (heaps is my new favorite word). we are picking up our rental car this morning and are heading up to golden bay to camp for a couple of days. then we drop off adam back in nelson and head down the west coast, through the glaciers and then to queenstown for a couple of days and then jet back up the east coast to fly out of nelson on the 13th.

the hardest part about driving on the wrong side of the road is getting in and out of the car, at least for me it is really awkward :) when we told folks here that on our first day in auckland we got a rental and were driving around in the city we got laughed out of the kitchen! they couldnt believe they give foreigners cars for hire just like that... it was quite mad, we only got honked at 3 times and drove towards oncoming traffic once (that was me). the other thing you have to get use to is that the turn signal is on the right side of the stirring wheel... we often had the wind shield wipers declaring our turning intentions while figuring out which land to go into (the wipers are where we would normally use the turn signal).

no pictures yet, i couldnt get on the wireless with the laptop... but ryan has got... heaps of oowesome photos that im sure will be on here when we get back to the states if not sooner.

we are safe and having a grand old time with our tans/sun burn (pray for ryans melon, it doesnt like the lack of o-zone layer here in the southern hemisphere :)

cheers