Well, it’s the new year (though I’m still not used to writing 2010) and I’m over the flu (or whatever I’ve had), so it’s time to get back on this horse! I can think of no better first post for the new year than this one, replete with magnificent nature photography and information about what a camping safari entails. Enjoy!
Archive for the ‘Camping Abroad’ Category
“The Sweet Seattle Life: Botswana Camping Safari: Linyanti River”
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010“On the Road With Sankara: Weekend Camping by the River Cauvery at Bheemeshwari in Karnataka, India”
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
This glorious photo is one among many in this post by Sankara Subramanian, who documents his travels throughout India by motorcycle in his blog, On the Road With Sankara. And yes, he tent camps, in this instance in the perfect spot with its own private beach, riverside. It sounds like he and his friends had the place pretty much to themselves, which must have been idyllic!
“Marine Corps Nomads: Kofa Camping Trip”
Sunday, December 6th, 2009This is a pleasant post about a family camping in the desert of Kofa. Lots of pics accompany the brief text.
“Desert Girl on Kuwait: Camping on Friday the 13th”
Sunday, December 6th, 2009This is a perky post about a camping trip that wasn’t in the desert of Kuwait. Some bad language, so skip it if that sort of thing offends you. I found it interesting and know exactly the sort of hysterical “oh my God we’re all going to die” kind of giggling the author experienced. Might as well go down laughing, I guess… but all ends well.
“Camping Fife Near Edinburgh: Winter Camping”
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Okay, I’ve decided that I’d like my first experience of camping in the snow to be here. Longtime readers of this blog probably thought I’d given up on my Dream UK Camping Trip, because I haven’t mentioned it in a few months, right? Um, no. (Actually, I’ve nearly frozen unto death in Edinburgh before, but that was in a youth hostel and pre-hubby and son.)
If I’m going to be a Jeansicle, I’d like to choose the location, that’s all I’m saying, and I choose this fife.
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“The Professional Hobo: Camping with Koalas at Cape Otway”
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Ever since I read this post, I’ve been imagining Koala mating calls and what they must sound like. “If you don’t know what you’re listening to when koalas are feeling amorous,” the author writes, “you might think calling a priest is in order; their low guttural growls and high pitched screams sound other-worldly and so far from anything a cute little koala could muster. Right? Nah. When koalas are looking to get it on, you know about it.”
I’ve never even seen a koala in a zoo! How cool to camp amongst them, especially with some fourteen eighth-graders. (I’m a middle school teacher and would love to camp with some of my babies.) I really enjoyed living vicariously through this Aussie post. It even includes a lovely little video.
“Aman-i-Khas”
Saturday, November 21st, 2009Okay, the next time I’m in India (right!), I’ll camp here. Glamping with a few tigers thrown in as a bonus!
“James & Jessica Dunning: Camping in Naivasha…”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009This blog post’s author writes that “there is something surreal about hiking through herds of giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, gazelles, and being within 25 ft. of a herd of 20-30 hippos taking their morning swim.” I bet!
I want to tent camp in Kenya…
“James Russell: Cool Camping”
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Most of this post is about Mr. Russell’s love of camping– even of the soggy, muddy variety– and not actually a review of the book Cool Camping, a guide to great camping spots in England. But, at the end, he says, “The book itself does for life under canvas what Nigella Lawson has done for sweating over a hot stove, with gorgeous photography and mouth-watering descriptions.”
Well, enough said! Clearly I’ll need to read that book before I head to the British Isles for my Dream U.K. Camping Trip…
“Tant Pis: Camping at Lake Glenbawn”
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Tell me the tale of two inexperienced campers putting their tent up in a storm (when everyone they knew thought they couldn’t do it under any circumstance), throw in a picture of a beautiful sunset, add the line, “there were kangaroos everywhere,” and I’m hooked. Speaking of the tent, it looks like one of those cool Aussie inflatable jobs– and you know, Dear Reader, that that fascinates a tentaholic like me. I really enjoyed living vicariously through this post!