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Wow, you've got a nice park there. And I presume that it is near your home. With the hustle and bustle of city life , a walk in a park like that is truly refreshing. Our village has a small park with big trees as old as a century but it's not a forest park. I wish that we can preserve forest...

We were in a mountain campsite yesterday. The place is actually overlooking a volcano lake. My task was to cook the barbecue using coal. As I had posted in another thread, igniting the charcoal is a hard task but I was able to do it quick. What it made it harder is the wind. It was so windy that...

This is the advice of one native tribesman in a forest with a campsite at the foot of the mountain. He said that big trees are inhabited by 2 things – natural and supernatural. The natural are the insects like ants and spiders that can harm you. Sometimes there’s also a snake although it’s rare...

Summer has just gone and it’s rainy season, the more we have to be careful of the rivers. Drowning in the river is getting common when the excursionists do not know a thing about water. I think it was last year when a group of students dared cross the river that took the life 7 of them. And the...

I had some camping trips during my scouting days that one scoutmaster who led us in the trail was using a bolo to cut anything that is blocking his way. Bushes and branches of small trees are cut to clear the way for us, his scouts. But when I grew up and was appointed assistant scoutmaster, I...

When on a camping trip, do you wear a hat? Most of my camping buddies wear a hat for protection against the sun. They wear the cloth hat with a cord so the wind will not blow away the hat. I know that the hat can also protect the head from falling objects. But I don't wear a hat because I...

It's a coincidence that we just came home today from that same campsite that I mentioned above. Today is Sunday and it is very surprising that the campsite is empty. It is a phenomenon of sorts because that campsite is always full of people. I was even thinking of taking photos with the tents...

We just got home from a weekend camping and I am posting this for my actual experience in barbecue. The question is how to ignite the charcoal the easiest way. When in camping, I always use old newspaper. Crumpled and lit by a match, the old newspaper is placed under the charcoal which are on...

It was a long time ago when my cousins invited me to an impromptu camping on the beach. Instead of getting a cottage, we pitched tents for our shelter. It was a fun day of swimming and at night, we had barbeuce right there in the sand. And you can guess that we were all flat inside the bed...

In one casual conversation with a forest ranger in one mountain resort, he said that camping in mountains are far safer than camping by the water. Staying overnight by the river bank or by the lakeside poses many dangers. One is the snake. Yeah, there are also snakes in the forest but they are...

When walking in a forest trail, my main concerns are the presence of snakes and pesky insects. A son of a popular radio broadcaster died of malaria when he was attacked by mosquitoes in the forest trail. Aside mosquitoes, bugs and the itchy centipede can give you an allergy attack. That kind of...

This is a trick I’ve learned during my scouting days. Not to brag but I had been an assistant scoutmasster. When in the woods, I suppose you don’t have a stove. Gather 3 big stones and place them in a triangle position. Place the pot on top of the 3 stones so it will rest on the edges. Start a...