I love this idea...

[CarrieLynne]

the dream for hubby and I is to relocate in 5-10 years - buy a sailboat and sail to New Zealand and make our home there....in the process of research, we found this- http://www.atamaivillage.com/
its a village, a community of like minded people working towards being completely sustainable, eco friendly, organic etc....a REAL community....a family of sorts....it sounds awesome to me....the recognize whats going on with the bankers, the greed, corruption etc....this is a new way.....feels a bit like that guy in the third Zeitgeist movie....
theres several villages based on the same concept, this link is just one of them....I dont know if theres others in opther counrties...but I REALLY like this idea....might have to work towards it!

[cbayer]

1. Hi CarrieLynne,

We have just started your dream.

After living on our boat for 8 years, we have finally begun.

Last week we moved to Mexico and plan to continue moving at whatever rate makes sense to us.

It's exciting and a tremendous opportunity to enter a new phase in our lives.

Atamai Village looks interesting, but they don't give a lot of concrete information about costs and their "covenants".

You can achieve alot of the same goals by living on your boat. You can be off the grid and the community of cruisers will change from location to location, but most share many of the same ideals of being self sufficient and leaving an extremely small carbon footprint.

Are you sailors now? New Zealand is a long, long hike from the states and people do it all the time, but it's not a trip for the inexperienced.

Don't put it off too long. We know too many people who keep talking about it, but never actually get around to doing it.

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions you might have about cruising.

[CarrieLynne]

2. awesome! thank you!

Im sure we will be in touch to pick your brain!