In roughly 3 weeks I will be headed towards the shire in New Zealand.

A year ago I left Boston, MA and went to San Francisco, then Auckland, then Sydney.

I've had a pretty good year. I have met a woman I hope to keep in my life long term. I worked on a station for about 2 months which was amusingly how bad it was at times. Worked a variety of miscellaneous jobs.

I had a really good time all in all.

Conrad was supposed to keep my travel diary up to date but FAILED spectacularly. Don't ever leave him in charge of anything.

In this post I will try to keep you all updated on my NZ travels.

I land in Christchurch roughly the midnight of the 7th and I believe my first job will be a 3 month contract on a farm. Lets hope it goes better this time round.

#veryjelly

He knows he's only going for the LotR paraphernalia. Farming eh? A likely tale! A swift jaunt to hobbiton by jove.

Make sure you send us a picture of the sheep :p