Kia Ora!! At long, long last, after seventeen years filled with despair, heartbreak and longing, I have finally reached the Land of the Long White Cloud, the Land of My Father, the Land of My Father's Father, and most assuredly the Land of My Father's Father's Father. And its awesome. I still don't know how to get my pictures from my phone to the computer, so unfortunately I'll have to rely on brilliant language and wordplay to keep you guys interested for a little while longer. But as I'm writing this in the beautiful house of my cousins in Nelson, New Zealand, I'm looking out across a beautiful beach, into the Pacific Ocean, with large green mountains covered with mist in the distance, with a few choice clouds floating above. That doesn't do it justice, but
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