40 years and homeless and jobless, start of a new journey.

A couple of weeks ago we received our New Zealand resident visas. This means much more freedom, because with a work visa you must have a job.

I had a very nice job the last 19 months and also my employer was very kind and a good guy.

But I got a really strong drive inside myself, I want freedom, my own piece of land. I want to choose when I work for money and for who. Last Friday was my last working day.

To be honest I was not brave enough to quit my job the last years. This is the first time since my 14th that I am jobless. It is also easy for me to find a job because I am an electrician and also truckdriver. I like these occupations, but not 40 hours a week the whole year arround.

Now it is the challenge to find a cheap section to build a house without a mortgage. Here in New Zealand this is mission impossible in the cities but somewere rural it is possible.

Last Saturday we started our journey to Wellington to take the ferry to the South Island. When you live in a caravan with your family it is easy to start a journey like this. Beside that New Zealand is the perfect country to do those things and we are surtainly not the only family with this lifestyle. We use solar for power, we pay $6 per night on NZMCA campsites or $10-$14 per night on private properties with power and showers. You can fill your watertanks everywere, you can dump your toilet cassette and waste water everywere. You meet kind and nice people everywere and they give you a lot of useful information.

Don't know what the future brings, but this week I feel free like a bird and we have had a lot of fun with the whole family.

@gerben

(my daughter called me that she saw a kiwi, but I told her this was another friendly flightless bird, next time better)