Days 1-5: Ninety Mile Beach, Zero Day in Kaitaia

We've completed the first 100km if the trail!  Only 2900 more to go... 

Visa crisis part 2

Hello from the future! We've crossed the international dateline and are happy to report that Wednesday was lovely. We almost didn't make it though...

We're off!

So we're finally about to leave for New Zealand! Our flight to Auckland leaves tonight at 9pm from San Francisco. We're all packed, wearing the only pair of pants we'll have for the next 5 months, and about to mail our non-hiking gear back to Boston.