As Close to Nature as You Can be

“It was my third night in a camper van, a miniaturized recreational vehicle – mine was about the size of a plumber’s van with a raised ceiling – and New Zealand’s mobile lodging of choice,” The New York Times’ Seth Kugel, ‘The Frugal Traveller’, writes. “Camper-vanning is a way of life, or at least a way of leisure, in New Zealand, a beautiful country that begs to be hiked and climbed and camped in. And so it perfectly pairs with the camper van, which gets you about as close to the outdoors as you can be, short of a tent. They’re also catching on in the western United States. Jucy, a New Zealand company, began operating in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas on 1 March.”