OK. Now we are getting into the good stuff. Fjordland, Milford Sound, the Great Walks, the Catlins. Welcome to Southland, the southernmost section of the South Island. Any further south and you are on your way to Antarctica. Since leaving Christchurch, I lived out of my van or in the backcountry each night for two weeks. Reasonably, it’s taken a little time to fully get into the groove of life in a van—to have everything in the right place and to develop routines to get things done quickly. I’m driving a Toyota Liteace, which must be the smallest minivan ever conceived. When the couch is turned into the bed, there is no room for anything else. For a day or two, life without luxuries was an adjustment. But that was it. I LOVE living out of
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