{"id":1161,"date":"2016-11-10T02:15:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2018-01-01T19:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T19:18:00","slug":"caravans-1st-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/caravans-1st-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravan’s 1st impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been living in my caravan for a couple of weeks now. Are you curious about how I find it?<\/p>\n

As I’m writing, I am looking out over a green and empty Christchurch campground. Dinner is cooking in the oven and I can hear birds.<\/p>\n

There have been ups and downs. When it’s raining and I’ve run out of water in my fresh water tank. When there’s no internet and I feel very isolated. But overall it’s feeling like an adventure!<\/p>\n

My first ‘home’ was a campsite close to the caravan dealer – just incase I needed help. I told reception that I had literally just bought the caravan and could I get an easy spot. All I needed to do was drive in – no reversing. Unfortunately this spot was right by the kids playground, and they were loud! It was also right next to the Nelson airport where the planes were noisy going overhead. The plus was we were in the\u00a04G wifi area, there was a great evening walk as we were right next to the beach and being close to good shops to start buying items for my caravan. I visited Kmart, Mitre 10 and Burnso (camping store) many times over the first few days. My latest purchase has been a tin for the oven, a car mirror extender to see who\u2019s behind me and two camping chairs for future guests! Slowly stocking up with all the necessary items.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t