Van, groceries and full tank of gas… Corby and I will set the steering North! You got to love New Zealand… in addition to previous posts about how wonderful New Zealand is, I’m now adding their commitment to sharing the land with everyone. Camplify is an organization that allows people to list their recreation vehicle and rent them out to tourists. It’s just like Airbnb but for vans! I did not pick up a dog or a man named Corby. The owners of the van named their van Corby! So it’s Corby and I! Once on the road I search for campsites and “Freedom Camping” pops up! These camp spots are all over the place and free of charge for one night! After one night you got to move on to the next one! And of course, they provide clean bathrooms, beautiful park benches and picnic tables! These are often water front. Many of them are only open low season which is all year except for December 18 to February 6, as they are protecting their eco system, during warm weather.
The world has so much to offer and often places I visit, are more beautiful than the last one visited.
I know many folks believe they live in “the most beautiful place on earth”…I disagree, because the further I travel and the longer I stay in places I realize that there are so many beautiful places, that has so much more to offer. And the bottom line is, we have so much to learn from other countries that are more progressive. We can always do better… we just need to climb out of the box we live in and set the bar high for ourselves and the community we live in.
Sailaway Sarantium 
I love it! And I agree 100% with everything you are saying about how the world is filled with beautiful places, some so beautiful they can literally take your breath away …
Only those who never traveled much, or never traveled at all, think that ‘THEIR place’ is the true ‘God’s country’ 🙄. They have no idea what they are missing, no idea at all. But they would rather stay very comfortable in their little bubble, then stretch their wings, jump off the edge, and go and find out how the world works.
Just for interest, I researched the top 52 most populous countries in the west, listed in order of the estimated percentage of their population who hold a passport.
Guess which country comes in DEAD LAST? 🇺🇸🤣
Yes, the same country that insists it has the best system of government in the world, when half of it’s citizens have never even traveled outside the country, ever, and have no clue how the rest of the world operates. 😂
Nothing political, of course, just the facts. 😁
New Zealand appears to be in the condition that it is, because of very careful planning, and because they treasure every bit of their country and it’s resources, and do whatever they can to protect it. They offer a lot of wisdom for other countries to learn from.
Travel. It is the ever-powerful, always revealing, global educator. And I am envious of your explorations there with Corby. ☺️
COUNTRY – PASSPORT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE
Germany 80%
France 80%
Spain 80%
Netherlands 80%
Belgium 80%
Switzerland 80%
Austria 80%
Norway 80%
Sweden 80%
Denmark 80%
Finland 80%
Ireland 80%
Iceland 80%
Luxembourg 80%
Monaco 80%
San Marino 80%
Liechtenstein 80%
Andorra 80%
Vatican City 80%
Australia 80%
New Zealand 80%
Japan 80%
South Korea 80%
Singapore 80%
Taiwan 80%
Hong Kong 80%
United Arab Emirates 80%
Qatar 80%
United Kingdom 76%
Canada 70%
Italy 70%
Portugal 70%
Greece 70%
Czech Republic 70%
Hungary 70%
Poland 60%
Romania 60%
Slovakia 60%
Bulgaria 60%
Croatia 60%
Slovenia 60%
Estonia 60%
Latvia 60%
Lithuania 60%
Cyprus 60%
Malta 60%
Israel 60%
Saudi Arabia 60%
Kuwait 60%
Bahrain 60%
Oman 60%
Jordan 60%
United States 56%
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