15 hours to go..
the only question to be answered today is.
WHAT HAVE I FORGOT ??
getting picked up in a few minutes not long to work it out.
as the saying goes.
passports, check!
credit card, check!
right off to work, :)
21 hours to go...
Well I am still up.. too exited to sleep and have got a bunged up nose - great! All the cold defense tablets, powders, inhalers are out, i think there is still room for some "traditional" methods so might start rubbing mustard on my chest in another worthless attempt!
It is also one of the above two things, too exited or the sniffles, that means I haven't packed yet! Most of the stuff is laid out on my spare bed and my list is all ticked apart from the critical last item - pack bag. Arse! Can't echo Paul's comments enough - we (men) are not designed to be this organised, to pack early, or to pack on time is simply, well, difficult. Yet strangely I feel compelled to get on line and write some diatribe as to how crap i am. Another 10 mintues wasted. That covers the new item on my list.
Am off to pack...
3 days to go! (pauls update)
Well its 3.32 on saturday afternoon.
I'm suppost to be packing, but have found that google earth is a good avoiding tactic, that and trying to get through the last few episodes of 24 (seasion 4).
Pauls fact, blokes pack the day before travel, its the law, in fact i usualy end up with a pastic bag full of the wet clothes i didnt get time to dry, rock and roll!
Lisa is out getting her hair done and is ill. not good, i just hope she is better as being sick on a plane is stink.
fixed the front door light today so our house sitter can see at night.
just found out that there is a super 14's game in Wellington on the day we get there, going to ask Nigel if he is up for going to watch.
haven't done anything from my todo list yet, its going to be a long day i think.
very excited now. =)
Starting to get excited now. (Paul's update)
2 weeks to go.. Done;- The internal flights have now been booked. (Auckland - nelson) and (nelson - wellignton)
- In fact we'll publish an i-tinery soon, which is also done.
- Lisa and I's house sitter is sorted, thanks Karen, so the cats will be fine while we are away, and Karen, being slightly 'Monica' means we'll walk back into a clean and organized house.
Still to do; - Book car
- clean outdoor gear
- pack
- email everyone about our where abouts so we can catch up with as many people as possible.
From my point of view, and im sure i speak for all, the excitement is starting to build now, had my first cant-get-to-sleep-coz-im-to-excited-night last night. Also with 2 weeks to go, the amount of work i have yet to do is building.
Woooohoo.
Soundtrack for the New Zealand generation
We are going to be armed with a creative zen micro, 3 batteries, 1 power adapter and an FM transmitter! All that is now left to do is fill a 5GB hard disk with some great tunes for the trip.
My musical influences are increadibly varied having listened to all forms of music from an early age, including UK &US rock, indie, house, drum&bass, trance, hip hop, etc etc.. basically anything that sounds good. My main likes are uk indie from early 90's to present day and house/dance music from the mid 90's to present day. I also like pretty much any acoustic/classical guitar music from anwhere in the world.
Paul has a penchant for heavy trance music and very early house of the "old skool" hardcore variety, add to this Manchester and Kiwiana and all the tunes that are 'down wid the kids and have a catchy beat!'
Lisa likes her early uk indie music and also has a strange predilection for Fleetwood mac and I reckon some other girlie skeletons ;-)
All in all we have grown up around the same music and can appreciate each others tastes. Or so we think.....
So this note is an attempt to galvanise some of our thoughts before travelling and avoid "the album i don't like" silence that so often happens when sat in the back of a car...
Here is my starter for 10.. (I have got and added to the device, all the bold ones)
Have added another bunch of albums, including all doves and thrills albums... only filled 1/10th of the space....- Stone Roses (Rob added)
- James Lavell (Rob added)
- Jack Johnson (Rob added)
- Orbital (Rob added)
- Gomez (Rob added)
- Velvet Revolver (Rob added)
- kanye West (Rob added)
- Nirvana unplugged (Rob added)
- Nick Drake (Rob added)
- Sublime (Rob added)
- New Order (get ready) (paul added)
- 7 worlds collide album (tim finn and friends) (paul added)
- Nice and urlich (paul added)
- Margret ulrich (charlies vodaphone album) (paul added)
- Bic Runga (paul added)
- Doves
- Editors
- The thrills
- Maximo park
Right, let see where that gets us.
And were off!
Well not quite,
Let me explain.
I (Paul) work at a large drinks and snacks manufacturer in the UK. I've worked here ever since I arrived back in the UK with my partner Lisa.
We've came back to the UK as Lisa not thrown out of NZ when her Visa ran out. I was happy to spend the rest of my time over in NZ but hey-ho.
Lisa and I got Married in November 2005, and although we went on a honeymoon straight after (to Scotland) we always saw the New Zealand trip as the main break after the wedding, which although perfect in almost every way was, in a word, tiring.
Rob(ert Owens) works with Paul at the Drinks and snacks place. He has known Lisa and Paul for about 3 1/2 years and is a good friend. He has never been to New Zealand, nor has he been on someone else's honeymoon before, anecdotally, I have been on someone else's honeymoon before.
Baby BioLisa Fallon is from England, Cornwall/Kent and the Oldest daughter of the Poole family.
Paul Fallon is from New Zealand (Taranaki) but has lived in the UK in Cumbria more than in NZ
Rob Owens is from Englands south cost, and is well ghetto (or in his own words:-simply better than the rest)
