I'll have to start bringing my camera around with me so I can take some shots of some of these mutant Raiders down here. There is a guy that lives down the street from me that has a SWB Turbo-diesel, and there are quite a few around town. I wish I had my rig here, but we drove it from Utah to LA and sold it to a guy there on our way out of the country. I currently have a Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder) down here but it makes me miss my Raider, just looking at the underside it's not as solid or well-engineered a rig as the Mitsus are. However, they have a burlier Nissan called the Patrol that comes in a SWB version that looks pretty good. Also there are some good-looking older SWB Toyotas called Landcruiser Prados that have the advantage of having solid axles front and rear, so I'm thinking about trying to get ahold of one of those. I'll try to get some snapshots and post them soon! As for a job, I'm a chef and so I'm working for a restaurant down here. My wife and I visited NZ in 2001 for about 4 months and have been planning to move back since then, so we saved up, sold everything, and came down here last month. Lately I've just been working, surfing, and fishing, so it's going pretty good so far!

PS-Gas costs about $4 a gallon down here, so even though it's getting more expensive at home the USA still has the cheapest gas in the world!