I feel I must give an honorable mention to the place we stayed at in Kasane last week, mainly because the pictures speak volumes!
The facility just opened in May, although it was supposed to be open in October (TIA - this is Africa). Apparently there were chalets on the property but since we were going to be staying in tents, that's where our focus was. The lady was very nice in setting us up and even arranging for the three girls to sleep in one tent, rather than having one of the girls stay in a tent by herself. Besides the dirt everywhere, lack of pathway, and the promise of landscaping sometime in the future, the place was great. Running (hot!) water and electricity have a way of convincing you that yes, this place really is luxurious!
Nat and I had to chuckle when we looked up to the right of our tent and saw this:
And we laughed even harder when we saw all the metal debris conveniently stored across the way from our tent:
This was the only picture I have to accurately show how the tents really looked:
The tents were quite cozy and the woolen blanket was a plus! The days were warm, but the nights were downright cold and I was thankful my husband forked over his blanket one night so I could get my feet warm:). What a great guy I have!
With campfires every night and the wind flapping at our door, we felt like we were kind of camping, but Krista did inform us it wasn't real camping because of the lack of an outhouse. Right.
Nevertheless, Nat and I are now looking forward to our first real camping trip... maybe this fall??? That would be fun:).
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Dear Anne:
This is Krista's father. I have to apologize for her she really has been gone away from Alaska to long. REAL camping in Alaska is a tent with no outhouse,and where running waters is what you run to the river for and bring back in a Nalgene bottle. She has gotten so soft.
Apparently I need to repent =o)
Nat and I would love to come to Alaska for a visit, so maybe that would include a *real* camping trip:).
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