It is exactly a week until I go on a huge trip to New Zealand...the other side of the fucking world. I am obviously really excited about this. Me and 4 friends have decided to take 3 weeks and rent a motorhome and take a tour of the country. Its gonna be amazing. Seeing the sights, getting drunk, doing a few activities (bungee....scared isn’t the word), getting drunk and well...well getting hammered (don’t know if I mentioned that).

As well as being very, very excited about the upcoming trip I am hella stressed out. I have been on holiday with parents before and I have even been on small holidays with my ex girlfriend but nothing this massive. It hope to fuck I don’t forget anything.

Money has been a big stress for me. At first I wasn’t 100% sure what to so. I didn’t feel comfortable walking around with a grand on me ($1800 NZ). I finally decided on a travel cash card. They seem pretty good. Load the thing with money and use it over there like a debit card. There is a charge of $4 NZ to withdraw money but 0 charge for chip and pin purchases. It seems a safe way to carry all that money around with me.

Packing too, dude packing for a 3 week trip is a ball ache. What clothes do I need, how much baggage allowance do I have. I decided to pack pretty light with a hope that there will be a Laundrette over there on our path somewhere (Might get me some GTL in while I am over there).

The last stress for me is the flight. Fuck me, a 7 hour flight from Birmingham to Dubai, 4 hours in Dubai and then 18 hours to Auckland. Its a good job that I have bought a few portable chargers to charge up my Vita and phone on the planes. I have loaded my vita with a few games also. I think most of the travel time will be taken up by Persona 4 Golden but I might fit in some Uncharted and Thomas was alone too. I have also loaded The Lord of the Rings films onto my Vita. Now I think those films are fucking boring (so, so dull). Please don’t hate me I know that and Star Wars are Nerd Culture but I just can't stand either. But over 24 hours traveling might change my views on the films (especially if I have nothing else to watch). I have been advised to watch the films because I am told by a friend that we will be visit the Hobbit Holes (I hope I don’t get dirty, they don’t live like moles do they?) and some pub called the Prancing Pony. I may as well find out what the fuck I am in for.

But yeah that’s pretty much it. 3 weeks at the total opposite side of the world. Should be fun...and a little messy (I hope we don’t get arrested). I hope to hit up a couple more blogs when I get home, talk about what I did and post a few photos of what I saw. I think it might be pretty damn interesting. Check me out on twitter @nutta27 (I might occasionally tweet if I find a wifi signal).