Last Post from New Zealand

Sun rising or setting? =view from our house (well, ex-house pretty much)
It has been a week of lasts for us. We are really tired of saying goodbye...actually we have been following Blaine's grandmother's suggestion and saying 'see you later'. Some of our friends we will hopefully see within a year or two but for many of the friends we have made here it is unknown.
It is so hard to believe it is over. We packed up our NZ life in 4 boxes that are somewhere in transit on their 84 day journey over sea to get to the U.S. (not to mention that our US life takes up an entire enormous storage unit).
2 1/2 years has flown by.
It is totally bittersweet for us...we are so sad to leave this place but SO happy to be back close to family and old friends. But bear with us for a little while when we get home while we go through our 'withdrawal' phase...it doesn't mean we aren't happy to be home.
We fly out today in 7 hours to Melbourne to stay with some friends overnight and then onto Bangkok, Thailand to meet up with our friends from L.A. (Amber and Tyler) who will be travelling with us for 10 days in the beginning of our Asian Exploration. The country order is as follows: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore. This, however, is subject to change at anytime. We are going to aim to post photos and quick synopses on this blog whenever we can but not sure how often that will be...
Please pray for our health and safety...Blaine is of course not at all worried but I am a nurse and have obviously been reading too much. Wanna have a look as well...visit http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/regionSoutheastAsia.aspx
But don't look too long b/c it might make you crazy like me.
Oh and pray for my mom b/c she thinks we are trying to make her go mad with worry on purpose. Mom-we aren't and I blame it all on Blaine.
No, we are going to be fine! And I feel like there are going to be some interesting stories when we return...