#NZ2012

And so it begins! After many months of planning and waiting, and a little more waiting, my travels abroad are just a few short days away! Final packing lists have taken shape, loose ends have been tied up and well wishes are being made. The only thing left to do is leave!

As I go, I will be keeping this blog up to date as a journal of sorts. My main goal of this trip is to experience the cultures and tastes of afar and so this blog will be a reminder of sorts of what has been had and what has been seen. For those of you on facebook (everybody?!), please check out and 'like' this page: http://www.facebook.com/derekgoesabroad. From there you will get updates on my adventures and links to photos, blog updates and tweets.

I hope you are all as excited about this adventure as I am! You can also follow me on twitter if you like @dbeirnes, and I will be tagging most of my posts with #NZ2012 to start the adventure.

cheers!