New Zealand

Nearly everyone with any outdoorsman in their blood seems to crave a trip to New Zealand. Making the mix even sweeter, The Lord of the Rings makes New Zealand look like heaven, it's a big lure to my fishness (wow). An older friend of mine is currently traveling down there with his family and he described New Zealand like this:

For those of you in the US who yearn for a life style that has vanished from the US, New Zealand is the place to be. Roads are not congested, the land is open and not covered with housing developments, and the people are easy going and modest.

That perfectly describes the place I want to live: a community with fewer vehicles that eschews sprawling housing developments in favor of more dense townships. Throw in a little gardening and New Zealand is my heaven.

Take a look, this place is heaven on earth:

*Thanks to Ted Szukalski for the photograph.