A Successful Weekend

Well we've got less than 2 months to go now (this time in 2 months we'll be sleeping in a guesthouse in Bangkok!).

We made the most of the long weekend (thank you Queen Elizabeth) by spending most of Saturday and a little bit of Sunday down in Auckland stocking up on equipment and clothing for our trip. We got some fantastic deals, most notably our packs from Kathmandu (they used to be $400 each, we got them for $160 each!). We also came back with some new rain jackets which breathe really well (great for the sweaty monsoons of South East Asia), thermals (for those trips into the mountains), and a few other things.

All in all it was a brilliant weekend. Managed to catch up with a few people too which was great. We still have a few other things to do before we leave, but it's all coming together nicely. It won't be long now before we're boarding the plane and saying goodbye to New Zealand for 6 months... exciting!

We've got our tickets!

Decided to take the plunge and get our tickets yesterday. We managed to find a really good deal on zuji (www.zuji.co.nz), whom I fully recommend. $200 cheaper than we could get through Flightcentre using the same airline (Thai Airways International). So we'll be flying out of Auckland on 4 August (arriving in Bangkok late on the same day), and getting back to Auckland on 23 January. We'll be flying in one of the planes in the picture, a nice new Airbus A340-600, should be a great flight! First big step towards our big adventure! Can't wait!