Hm, its been 12 days since we came. Yay! Everything is going swell. The weather is crazy hot today, I hope travis doesn't get a sunburn..again. Living with Martha is great, the first day we were here we went out and bought ourselves a bunch of groceries so that we wouldn't have to eat Martha's and make her pay for the food. But, Martha used to run a Bed and Breakfast so I think that she really actually likes to feed and make people feel comfortable. Even though we bought our own groceries, we have had home-made meals from Martha everyday. Yesterday morning was a good ole Canadian breakfast; toast, bacon, eggs. It really was very good.
Anyway, travis has applied at Melbrook Resort. It is a fancy resort, with tennis courts, golf, swimming, and much more. The resort grounds are huge and so he is hoping to get a landscaping or driver position. It really is to bad, because trav was really looking forward to getting some guiding work to do before the season ends, and he now has to wait till November which is nine months away. He isn't happy about not being able to stay up to date with all of the techniques and information that he learned during his W.I.L.D. Course. It should all go well though.

Driving here is really different. We are on the right side of the car, and we drive on the left side of the road. Martha has let us drive her car, and travis is doing real good at driving. There are very many "round abouts, or traffic circles" here, when it is busy it can get quite confusing, but no accidents yet.
We have been looking for a vehicle today, NZ is definitley huge on selling cars privately, there are dozens of postings up everywhere. We just need to make sure that we pick one that is a good price and especially in good shape, and will not break down for a few years. I think tommorrow we will start to call people about there used cars.
Actually, tommorrow I am going with Martha to Invercargill, a city that is two and a half hours away. We are going to go looking for some clothing. Yay, shopping is always fun.
Travis is out Mountain Biking today again, he is really itching to go kayaking so he said he was going to go to this river to look for some good rapids. I feel sad for him because he doesn't have his kayak her,and can't practice on the rivers.
Martha also has four others that are staying with her in her house until this coming Friday, there is Jose, Patricia, Pedro and Junior. They all are from Brazil, and are really friendly. They play soccer, and also do Brazillian Jui-jitsu, so the guys like to hang with Travis, and me and Patricia like to do stuff too. We really haven't had a problem meeting new people here. The atmosphere in this area is really active, and people like to keep doing activities, so it isn't hard to go out and have fun.
C-ya. Sam.B.