The Beginning

it has all begun one September afternoon, i believe it was the weekend.
i was quite bored (as often happens during the weekends) so me and Boaz decided to have a beer on the beach, nothing fancy.

i don't know how we got to the subject, but he started talking again about the trip he had after he left the army. and suddenly it hit me - i need a vacation. a long one. i haven't been on an actual vacation (of more then a few days) since the 11th grade, and that was like ages ago.

i thought about the main concept for the vacation, and realized that there are two major goals for it:

1. see the outside world, the original one.
   
2. get away from everything i know.
   

and New-Zealand is a good place to do them both... it's very far, and with beautiful views (or at least so they say). just to pack what i have with me, and to go where i know nothing and no-one.

I'll spare you the shopping and preperations i've made up till now, but just so you'd know - i'm now the proud member of 3 different shopping clubs, all for traveling equipment. (not counting the frequent flyer I've made for El-Al, AIG insurance, AAA automotive, ACE-NZ car rentals and a few more various clubs I'll probably join during the trip).

and now, let's get to the real deal...