the naked ride home

Currently sitting in an internet cafe listening to "the naked ride home" by Jackson Browne...good stuff...So ive been in NZ for a week now and am about to leave Auckland and begin hitching north....It takes about 8 hours or so to get to Cape Reinga by car so im thinking within a week or so I should be there (stopping places along the way)....It's pretty easy to hitch rides so I hear so im confident I wont be walking the whole time....Im going to hit up this local asian food store later and get massive amounts of noodles....Hopefully protein shakes, noodles, and granola bars wont give me indigestion too bad....I went to church with Jason on sunday, good stuff....the people at his church are quality people..they seem to be super motivated and driven to do what they feel are called to do, something I can't say ive seen in church back home in a while...they are brutally honest about what they beleive but are driven by complete love....they arent scared to offend and they don't seem to sugarcoat the issues....good stuff to say the least....overall to sum up my first week....the people are genuine and good...the city is big and new, and the roads are open for my chosing....