On 7 Feb, 12:14, Alan S wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:49:28 GMT, "KGB"
>
>
>
> (KGB) wrote:
> >
> >>I'll be 61 mate, my tent days are behind me; three star at
> >>least:-)
>
> >Hi
>
> >Absolute rubbish!!!!!! 8^)
>
> >My wife and I are both well over 60 and still camp in tents on a
> >regular basis - not so often now in cold and wet Great Britain
> >admittedly, but certainly on holiday.
>
> >I have a bad back (slipped disk) and actually get a far more
> >comfortable sleep on a Thermarest mattress in a tent than in our bed
> >at home.
>
> >Regards - (off to pack the tent for a forthcoming camping trip to the
> >USA Southwest desert States)
>
> >KGB
>
> Whatever turns you on mate:-)
>
> I camped from the time I joined the cubs until I left the
> Senior Scouts, then on bivouacs with the RAAF as needed. And
> on the occasional fishing trip. That was quite enough. I've
> also done my share of caravanning and motorhome driving.
>
> But when I'm wandering through nine countries in seven
> weeks, including several that are a little less than
> friendly to Westerners - I'm after a bed and four solid
> walls. I'm not over-fussy, my main requirements are that the
> bed (and linen) be clean, be longer and wider than I,
> reasonably un-lumpy, and that I am the only living thing in
> it or on it. I also prefer an aircon if the temperature and
> humidity are uncomfortable. Beyond that I'm not fussed about
> room service or minibars or TV.
>
> To be honest, the thought of pitching my tent in front of
> Angkor, or the Taj Mahal, or Petra, or Giza, or Abu Simbel,
> or Chichen Itza, or Teotihuacan (all on this trip) does not
> turn me on at all. Even if the local authorities allowed it
> I doubt it would be very wise, alone comfortable.
>
> Apart from that, it's one less item to lug around.
>
> To each their own.
>
> Cheers, Alan, Australia
> --http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
> latest: Slovenia
I have not been to Cambodia, but in the other places I didnt take
anything for malaria.
Generally we slept 'in' duvet covers, unless it was too warm.
In India we used to light coils. |