6 reasons to go camping this summer

The word "tourism" in recent years has acquired several meanings, which refer to sometimes completely different phenomena. Tourists describe themselves as people who travel every year somewhere in Turkey or Egypt, and the whole route which fits well between the bar number and the beach. Bearded enthusiasts with backpacks roaming the expanses of native and alien - it is also the tourists. Even members of extreme long-distance expeditions locals often contemptuous name-calling tourists.

Therefore, to avoid confusion in terminology, just I want to say that in this article we will focus on tourism as method of self-organization of travelExtending mainly on the nature and in sparsely populated areas.

1. reboot

The first and most important reason to go to the wild with a backpack and a tent - a complete reboot of your consciousness. The ordinary man lives in a world of fairly narrow grooved route home-work, home, cottage, work, cafes and so on. Gradually, people are so accustomed to their familiar surroundings, that is no longer just be aware that there are other worlds. The same road, the same faces, the same fun and frustration. From this, you can go mad or depressed.

When you first pull up to the usual orbit, it simply blows the mind. It turns out the world is huge, beautiful and waiting for your arrival! You start a completely different attitude to his life and work, as the veil falls down in front of you. A particularly pronounced effect are single trips that will almost certainly lead you to re-evaluate and rethink values.

2. Find your friends

If in the first paragraph, we talked about the fact that thanks to the campaign you look differently at your life and herself, the second paragraph refers to the people around you. There is no better way to know a person than to see how it leads to the unusual, and sometimes extreme, circumstances. Just a few days on the road is enough to "seasoned" suddenly began to act up and whining, "demure" suddenly he showed steely character, and "mediocrity" was surprisingly clever and resourceful traveler.

3. Explore the world from the other side

Do you know why one or another point of interest is gaining popularity?

The first condition - the existence of a number of the road on which tourists can ride on the bus. The second - the presence of strength and desire in the local administration to cut coupons from the visitors. And then in the course are all sorts of fictional legends and stories depicting famous than this unremarkable fragment of rock, and why you were brought here.

In fact, the real treasures are almost always away from the asphalt road. You will be able to see the real ruins of ancient temples and not recovered replica, beautiful waterfalls, that you can take pictures without having to wait for their turn among the noisy tourists, virgin forests and unspoiled mountain lakes.

4. New knowledge and skills

Yes, this point is that the textbook ability to "light a fire with one match." Perhaps modern man and did not really need the skills of existence in the absence of civilization. But who knows how to turn life and our future, who knows ...

The internet is full of forums theorising "survivalist" spending long hours at the computer in the debate, which knife is best for skinning the bear, and how to fight back from the crazy zombies. Perhaps you will not have such specific knowledge, but the ability to gain real life in nature. Get directions, how to arrange an overnight stay, make a fire, find water, it is necessary to take to the road for three days or a week, escape from sunburn and insect bites - all these practical knowledge may well be useful to you in life.

5. Health

You can walk three times a week in a rocking chair, but was surprised to discover that your perfect muscles do not really ready for the actual load. The thing is that the passage of the tourist route is not very similar to the execution of learned movements in the gym in the air-conditioned hall. Here, you no longer need endurance, patience, dexterity and speed, the strength and volume. Camping trip can be a great occasion to test his physical condition and take steps to improve it.

Talk about any strongly pronounced positive effect on the health of a few days or weeks in the nature it is hardly possible, but it was this aspect, too, do not forget.

6. It's not expensive

All want to travel. But not everyone can afford to buy an expensive tour in distant and near countries. Should not delay their travel for better times, because time is running out faster than there is money. Self-organized camping with a tent of native will cost you just pennies, and the impressions will bring at least, and maybe more than an expensive tour. And if you set their sights on overseas, it can safely be deleted from that will allow you to budget for accommodation and meals to climb further, stay longer and see more.

You - the other

It seems to me that the spirit of independent travel and hikers should be very close to our readers. Do something wrong, like the others, with a minimum of money spent and received the maximum benefit - is very layfhakerski. Let us know in the comments if you interested in tourism in this form and we will continue this story story about where we should start, it is necessary to take a hike, what dangers you can trap on the road and so on.

The article draws on the author's photo