OZ.

well friends.

i left christchurch for good.

after one of the best nights out 

we packed up on friday 

and melissa and i shipped out

with our sights set on tauranga.

we probably said goodbye to our friends frost and ryan 

at least five times each

and we pushed our departure time to the last possible second.

but we made our ferry

and spent the last two days in the car

having ridiculous adventures

that only the two of us could manage.

these include, but are not limited to:

jimmying open the sunroof and not being able to close it.

going 40km per hour up hills because the van refused to go out of second gear.

8 + hour driving stretches.

swiping a parked car... in the rental car parking lot.

(don't worry, everyone had full insurance. not even an issue.)

lord oh lord.

but now we're at our friends place in tauranga until tomorrow.

when melissa will go WWOOF 

and mike and i will drive towards auckland,

drop off the rental van

and then fly to aussie for our grand adventure.

we have ZERO plans

save for our plane tickets,

so lots of flying by the seat of our pants is in the near future.

pray we have places to sleep! 

love love love!

christian.

(i probably won't have internet for the next few weeks, so expect lots of wrap up blog posts when i get home to america on december 8th! )