Tricky Tricky

Ha ha ha! We pulled off the surprise!

We left Singapore and flew to Kuala Lumpur where we caught a plane to Christchurch, New Zealand! We had chartered a shuttle to Timaru and it let us off about 10 minutes from Leighton's parents house. We had just enough time to set our packs down before they pulled in the drive way and SURPRISE!!!

His mom about had a heart attack! They both said they had some inkling that we were coming. His dad said he had a strange feeling...

Either way, we got them! Four months of plotting!

Aside from some visa issues and emergency plane ticket-buying, it went off without a hitch. I'll leave the details at this: the NZ embassy in Bangkok might have to fire the idiot who told me I didn't have to have proof of outward travel (i.e. a plane ticket leaving NZ).

Anyway, we're here and just slept for almost 11 hours and have a dentist appointment later. We finally made it "home" and it definitely feels that way.