It's all about sheep, innit.

Well, after Andrew's loverly introduction, I must insist, dear reader, that you must get to grips with the whole point of the trip, which Mr. ZM seems to have left out. See, Mr. ZM, as I shall now call him (except for the points where he will be sleeping in the passenger/driver seat and starts snoring - at that point my descriptions will change..)(of course with all due love and respect)(no, really, I mean it)(OK, so I snore as well. Still, I don't wake myself up with my own snores do I?) has left out the most important part of this trip. (That sentence does make sense. No, really, it does!)

We have been informed by knowledgeable sources (did I spell that right? I think I did. someone get a dictionary out) that New Zealand is suffering from a chronic sheep shortage. To this end, we thought it would be only fitting that as the two foremost sheep experts from Malta (one currently studying for his PhD in Weaving Other Obvious Legends (WOOL) in the U.K., the other an expert in Being An Ass (BAA)), we would go to New Zealand and offer our professional advice as to how to get these sheep to, as it were, reproduce. We think we have just the right amount of erogenous material to precipitate the growth and copulation of the sheep population in this mysterious country of lack-of-wooliness.

Oh, we might also be doing other stuff, by the way. But more on that later.

Let's get this tractor started!

Can't believe it's happening

Hey there! I'm Andrew and together with my best (and just in case he's not, definitely soon to be!) buddy James will be posting things on the site regarding our (and no, we still can't believe this is going to happen!) trip to NZ. Nothing is planned except for a few landmarks, a car and a first night at the hostel which we presumable will be needing after a 26hour flight (with refuelling stop in LA).

I'm blogging to keep a personal account of what happened and also to encourage anybody who ever dreamed about crossing the globe and never got down to doing it for whatever reason. Moreover if anybody is at a loss what to do just browse this blog and you will find a complete record of how you can keep yourself occupied in the (hopefully) best possible way in NZ for 24 days.

Nothing much is planned. We leave on the 3rd December and arrive in Christchurch on he 5th December at noon. A long sleep awaits us and we will depart from Christhurch down south west on the 6th. From then on it's hopefully as random as it can get! The only definitive thing is the flight back from Auckland on the 28th!

That's all for now! So if you're interested in NZ and kiwi spotting keep watching!

Andrew