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When I was in the scouting group, I had been to campsites before that I visit regularly. What we usually do is to hide something under the ground, particularly food, that we can use when we come back after some months. The best food to hide was the pili nut. It is like macadamia with a very...

This campsite I am referring to is not a resort but just an ordinary forest. As boy scouts, we have games that are fitting for the location like orienteering or treasure hunting. But one time we conducted a war game for the scouts who are of high school age. It was really fun because there was...

The tropical hut is a common resting shelter of farmers. It is made of 6 bamboo poles for the posts, and 4 beams plus braces. The roofing is mainly coconut fronds. But when there are no coconut trees around, bamboo leaves will do. This is just a temporary shelter but fine for an overnight use.

I also like lights that I don't leave my small flashlight when I go on a camping trip. But in the recent years, I also bring the compact rechargeable lamp which is better to be used especially when eating dinner. It would have been great if the solar charger works well.

I bought a rechargeable lamp that is solar. It would be handy for camping especially if the trip is for several days. But when I tested the solar charger, it was very disappointing because the charging of 1 hour lasted only for a few seconds of battery power.

Barbecue is my favorite food in camping trips. However, I also love the vegetable mix that is broiled in banana leaf. Just a dash of salt for seasoning, the mix of eggplant, watercress, spinach, tomatoes and other available vegetables can serve as a complete meal. It is best when sweet...

This is good news for nature lovers like us. I am saddened by what I am seeing in our country. If you have heard of Boracay, a beach resort in the Philippines, there was a hill that was flattened for plans to put up a condominium building. Fortunately the work had stopped and an investigation...

Maybe I can withstand the 16 degrees but the negative figures of temperature will surely kill me with hypothermia. That's why I have to move around in cold places like the zero degree in the Great Wall of China. I couldn't imagine sleeping in that temperature. Thanks for the added knowledge.

I agree with what you said about the scouting days of yore, @Northern Dancer. I learned to make utensils from bamboo. We cooked rice and soup dishes using the bamboo cylinder with the spoon also made of bamboo not to mention the drinking glass. What's good in our training was always a hands-on...

Pardon me for intruding in this topic. I was born and raised in a tropical country but I am very interested when it comes to snow and ice. In another discussion, I had related a documentary that I had seen on tv on how to make an igloo. Now this snow cave is new to me and I can imagine the cold...

When we went to the northernmost province called Batanes, I was invited by another tourist for night photography. The location is like a big prairie with hills all around. Since it can be likened to the wilds because there are no houses nearby, it is really a camping for an overnight stay in the...

I sometimes watch Naked and Afraid in Discovery channel. It's actually a good show for survival. However, I am quite distracted by their nakedness. I cannot imagine myself to be in that position, roaming and scavenging for food in the wilderness without any clothes. I think being naked is too...

When I was still single but already had a job, I was still joining camping trips with the boy scouts upon the invitation of the scout master who was my close friend. The essential things in my bag aside from the hunting knife and water bottle (used to be the metal water canteen) are the nylon...

I had never experienced sleeping on a foldable cot in my camping days. The most comfortable sleeping system for me is the sleeping bag. But it's not the ordinary sleeping bag which has a cushion. It's an improvised sleeping bag made from an old comforter. I feel safe inside it and the cold...

It's summer once again and beach and pool resorts are mostly fully booked not only for the weekend since school is out during summer. For the adventurous, we have some water resorts here that includes a campsite by the waterfalls. In fact, I was invited by the owner several times but my schedule...

This reminds me of my brother-in-law in one of our camping trips in the wilderness. It is a forest resort but there were no facilities except the bathroom/toilet. We had brought along rechargeable lamps. When it was time to cook, my brother-in-law brought out from his bag a small liquefied...

I have learned this cooking from our scout master. What we cook are usually tropical vegetables like watercress, eggplant, tubers, even the banana bloom or whatever you call it. Properly wrapped in banana leaves, the cooking is done by covering it with big stones. And over the stones will be...

I had seen the documentary of a traveler in Alaska who slept inside an igloo. He said that the main purpose of staying in an igloo over the night is for the protection against wild animals particularly the bear. In fact, the camera had caught sight of a bear that was inspecting the igloo. The...

When it rains, it wouldn't matter much if you have only the sleeping bag or the tent because over here, the rains are always pouring heavily that we had experienced sleeping inside the tent and got drenched. But if you are sure of the weather, I guess the sleeping bag is one comfortable way of...

In the past 2 decades, all of the camping trips that I had joined were in camping resorts which have facilities and safety is guaranteed. But in the olden times when I was younger, I had never tasted a camping trip in a paid campsite. We always camp in an open forest or in a mountain side. There...