A vacation without modern conveniences

Oh yes!!! That is the best vacation, being with nature and enjoying peace and quiet. I have been to various places too, some that do have electric to ones where we are literally in the middle of nowhere. I remember camping out around the mountains in a friend's backyard. (His backyard wasn't a fenced in yard, but a national forest). The best part of that trip was waking up and seeing deer right outside the tent..

In Samoa I had the joy of staying somewhere just as primitive. I slept in a fale which in a thatched beach hut. I laid on a mat and not a bed. It has flaps in case it rained. There was no electricity and I had to have an oil lamp after dark. I believe the summer camps in Denmark would be a very relaxing and enjoyable experience. I would be happy to sleep in one of the tents. Due to having a vegan diet I would take my own food I think. I would enjoy making new friends I am sure. It would not be challenging for me to go without my laptop for a week or so.

This is called living with Nature.In such camps where there are absolutely no modern gadgets or facilities, the participants have to learn to live as the tribals lived in forests.To get a real feel of nature even tents should be avoided and there should be no mattresses to sleep on.Shelters should be made up of whatever is available in the forests and fires should be started by rubbing wood on wood.If you have seen Bear Grylls in the Discovery channel series 'Man vs Wild' or 'Survivorman' or 'Man,Woman,Wild' you will get an idea how these people survive when nothing is available.The type of camps you have mentioned are more or less hobby camps where one gets the chance to make new friends and learn new trades at the same time living as close to Nature as possible.These camps are good especially for children as it teaches them to respect Nature, discipline and independance at the same time it makes them strong willed and tough to face whatever battles in life when they become adults.

Hi porcospino Sounds like a tempting offer - a vacation without the gadgets and among unknown people... I would definitely give it a try though I would be having an initial thought and reservations about "strangers" all around and together. Today's world has made feel me a little scared of being amidst strangers. But if these camps are each year, I think it would be safer and I would love to be a part of these... It would definitely help me in making new friends, spending time all for myself and without gadgets means 100% myself... no fb, twitter or even mylot... and the idea of bonfires by the sea beach is exciting too...

It's great! I wish we could have the same vacation here. I like it. In this city, everyone don't have enough time for each other. They must work and earn for life. So, they're not interested in other people. At night, they watch TV instead of talk to neighbor or friends. So, a vacation like that is great!

I grew up with camping in nature. My parents would go camping every chance they got. So, yes I would go and I don't mind leaving civilization behind for a while. I don't mind taking a break from what I call our "digital life".

Primitive camps can be quite relaxing. Physically you work harder than you are used to but you sleep well and feel invigorated by being away from everything that takes your energy, especially electrical things.

Yes I would like to try it. I onmly went camping one time and I enjoyed it. It gets you away from the stress from work . that would be fun to listen to the guitar and the singing. I dont no if I would like it without hot water. but I am willing to try it.

I love stuff like that. It sounds awesome. Away from the concrete jungle. No technology? I love that. Peace and quite and relaxing. It actually is very therapeutic. I remember the days when I was in the boy scouts. We had to cook our food ourselves, make fire with no matches. I'm actually a survivalist and I love the outdoors. And I so wish I could do that sometime with my busy schedule.

A vacation is meant to be a getaway from the daily grind. It means to explore the unseen, without the trappings of your comfort zone, meet different people, compare how blessed you are, be to places you have never seen even in travel brochures, see how the world was before commercialization hit it, listen to the breeze whistling through the trees, the river drumming on rock and sandy shores, add the strumming guitar sounds to it and make your own music, eat food the way it was before microwave was invented, look and enjoy the genuine smile of a stranger in reality and not in some virtual networking site, when faces were not from facebook. Enjoy nature as God gave it to us and not like Man sold it to us with his glib talk. This is the only place on earth where you will still see a live butterfly, as flowers still bloom here in abundance. Here a tree still take years to grow, because by the time you return from your vacation two skyscrapers have already robbed you of the little skylight you had before you went for this vacation. Enjoy nature when we can and God bless.

How long is this summer camp? Not many people would be interested in this concept since many of us are so used to modern conveniences. Some people would love to spend time this way. Parents could show their children about living ways back to more than 20 years ago when internet was barely existed.