Were off bye....!!!!

Ha Ha Ha we are nuts sometimes, or maybe its just me and my crazy impulsive nature making Stephanie do on the spure of the moment things.

WE bought flights to go and check the place out .... Nuts.....we fly with Air New Zealand.....

Departing - Mon 04 August 2009
Returning - Fri 28 August 2009

We were sitting around in the study last night and chatting about NZ and I had come across some very convincing reasons not to go to NZ online, people were making some very good points and they were coming from quality newspapers / publishers.

We have so much information swilling around inside our heads about the move and alot of this information is based on opinions of third parties, and they vary in detail and enthusiasm greatly, it confuses and annoys you as you don't know these people and cannot be sure if you would respect there view point if you knew them personally and it seems to be the case that whether or not you like NZ is down to you and you alone no-one else can compensate for what you see and feel yourself, through your own experiences...

So to make sure we don't waste up to £13,000 moving over blind (if we got the chance that is...)we have decided to spend £4000 in going over and seeing it our selves.

So its booked and we cant wait, we've planned it so that we Can save up and pay for the flights before we depart and will plan the trip to meet people we have met online from blogs and to also tour the whole island to get a refined understanding of the places and options we are foolishly trying to get a full understanding of from 12,000 miles away - (never a good option)

I could spend hours trying to defend the fact that we've just spent serious money which we could have saved, but in the long run we think its the best plan.

What it cost us -

We paid £818 per person return full cost no extras.

The taxes etc were - £587 So in total its cost us £2223.20p

Were not sure if this is supper cheap but it was the best deal at the time with a reliable Airline, flying via Hong Kong which is the cheaper option albeit 1 hour longer option.

We will be arriving in the winter but as were considering Christchurch at least I will see how good Mount Hutt is for skiing, which will be a big draw for me as Mount Hutt is only an hour and 30 minutes from the city.....bring on weekend skiing....and the summer biking....sweet....

So although we may get soaked were not bothered.

Laterz

I love life at present ha ha - shit I need some overtime....