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There’s more to camping than just saving money on hotel bills. And thanks to down-filled sleeping bags, 10-minute-setup-tents and portable gas stoves, it’s never been easier. It might be time to ditch hotel for the great outdoors. Here’s why…

Bond with friends and family

Camping simplifies the way you spend your days, placing an extra emphasis on the relationships you around you. Without the distractions of the modern world, there’s more time for conversation, and the basic trials of pitching a tent, cooking and exploring are the more and more rare kind of daily moments that develop cooperation, trust and patience.

Cut the cord

Have you noticed how reliant you’ve become on technology? Can you remember the last day where you didn’t check your work emails, get on Facebook or watch TV? All that information can be overbearing. Sometimes it’s good to just disconnect … to escape the clutches of your job … be free of advertising.

Trade hectic for peaceful

City life can be serious sensory overload. Humans need time to get outside, relax and give the mind a rest. A dose of rustling leaves, tickling water and birdsong is the trick.

Gaze at the stars

Thanks to light pollution, the only stars you’ll likely see in the city are usually spotted wearing haute couture through the windows of a restaurant you can’t afford. You’ll be stunned at how many stars you can see in the night sky away from an urban area.

Develop independence and resilience

Temporarily saying goodbye to all the comforts of home takes courage. Living without them takes resilience and ingenuity. Camping makes you aware of your weaknesses, makes you face your self-doubts and shows you how much you rely on others.

 

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

(Featured image: Zach Klein)

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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