Why you need to buy a van NOW: With international travel a long way off, one ‘van lifer’, 32, reveals how to live the dream life in your own backyard – all while maintaining a corporate job

A dedicated ‘van lifer’ from New Zealand has revealed why a holiday that involves living out of a car should be your next bucket list item – and how to bring that dream to life if you’re still in lockdown. Ashley Konig, like the rest of the world, has been self isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a far cry from the freedom she had in 2019, cruising around the country’s South Island in her renovated 2005 Ford Transit called ‘Van Morrison’; the beach her dinner table view and native birds her early morning alarm clock. ‘Just before my 30th birthday in 2018 – when all my friends were busy getting married and having kids – I bought an empty cargo van to start the project that I’d dreamed about for quite some time, but never had the guts to make into a reality,’ the now 32-year-old told FEMAIL. Ashley Konig (pictured), like all other New Zealanders, has been self isolating in her Christchurch home under the strictest coronavirus measures the world has seen It’s a far cry from the freedom she had in 2019, cruising around the South Island in her renovated 2005 Ford Transit called ‘Van Morrison’ Unlike… Read full this story

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