A hammock by the sea, a little stove to boil coffee;
Here is a secret that campers with decades of experience seldom reveal: they don’t bring tents; they bring hammocks.
“The ground will never be completely even. There will always be creepy-crawlies – even centipedes and scorpions – trying to enter your tent because it is a good shelter for them too.
Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.
When the day is done, it is a simple matter for Boonler to roll up his hammock into a tiny bundle where tarp, pegs, guylines and all are kept in a bundle less than 30cm long.
Ho prefers using a 3.5m hammock to have more sleeping space.
A hammock by the sea, a little stove to boil coffee;
Kenny Ho, 66, showing his green-yellow hammock with an underquilt dangling just below it.
A hammock by the sea, a little stove to boil coffee; there is little else Datuk Boonler Somchit, 70, needs to have a good day by Tanjung Bungah beach in Penang.
Adding knots to the hammock line will help rainwater drip away.
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