So, after nearly 6 months out of the country and a wonderful time romping around New Zealand and Australia, not to mention my time at the pole - I have returned home. I have no job or home, but I'm alright. I'm still looking for work, however avoiding the possibly inevitable conclusion of returning to my previous employer. We'll see where this goes.

In other news - I feel bad I wasn't able to get more great photos from my trip. I was concentrating on identifying birds (over 100 new species from the trip) and wildlife... I really need to work on my scenic and journalistic photography. I'm not terribly disappointed however, this trip was more to learn how to travel and live on the road efficiently than it was to do anything else.