Tag: Wild camping

Spain

Tabernas to Órgiva

‘Are you camping?’ asks a slightly older man who sit in the front passengers seat of an overland vehicle, cranking his body forward, shining with anticipation. ‘Yes, I am,’ is my reply and the man, who has hired a female tour guide with jeep to drive through the canyons of Tabernas is beaming, as if he much rather want to camp too, instead sits in a car. ‘Oh, that is fantastic’, he bounces back. ´It is!´ I reply in a high pitched voice. The driver guide isn’t upbeat with my answer and has a look on her face as if she just swallowed a green plum. Camping is not allowed, really, and earlier she’d threatened Alex (the homeless camper I bumped into when stealth camping) with police because he was openly making a camp fire to cook.

Tags Andalusia, Desierto de Tabernas, Geo, Happy!, life, Meeting Friends, Motril, Nature, Orgiva, Paraje Natural Sierra Alhamilla, Tabernas, The woods, travel, Walking long distance, Walking through Spain, Walking with a trailer, Wild camping

Spain

The only true desert in Europe: Tabernas

Post author By Cindy
Post date June 11, 2025
13 Comments on The only true desert in Europe: Tabernas

Reaching Abla from an unintended and quite uninteresting angle might not have been so stunning, yet I find all the groceries that I wanted in the only shop open on a Sunday morning. Very satisfied pulling the trailer stuffed to its maximum capacity I enter a café to eat scrambled eggs and coffee, the two things I can’t prepare myself.

Croatia Slovenia

A bit odd

Post author By Cindy
Post date July 30, 2023
10 Comments on A bit odd

Suddenly I am less than a meter away from other people. Hordes of them are flowing past me and I am among a melange of holiday makers, culture seekers and youngsters going for adventure in Zagreb. Glad that I washed myself properly at the warm water basin before I mingled. Glad as well that I was born in 1972 where countries were still very much distinguished when I traveled through them.

Tags Abandoned places, Being together, Camping in nature, Camping in the wild, Combo travel, Getaways, Grad Podsreda, Kickbike, Kickbike Crossmax, Kickbiking, Podsreda castle, Short trips, Test, Tiny house on wheels, Wild camping, Zagreb

Hungary

Kicbike listens to calling hills… Prt. II

Post author By Cindy
Post date April 17, 2023
19 Comments on Kicbike listens to calling hills… Prt. II

This post starts with part I

Like all seasoned cyclists, nervous about setting up my tent somewhere is not an issue anymore. We have done this so often that I look at every spot in nature as a potential place to camp, even when I do not need to camp.

Hungary

Southwest Balaton Tour

Distance made: 65 kilometer. Average speed: 7.6. Number of nights: 5. Coldest temperature: minus 7.

Every time Geo and I drive in the car with lake Balaton quietly looming in the distance, the low series of mountains sharply contrasting, appearing to be a man-made painting, I feel a strong desire to be on those hills, looking out over the lake and absorbing the unrealistic looking shapes embracing the lake.

Tags Béndekpuszta, Camp fire, cold, Countryside, Fáncsi-hegy, Halsok árok, Hungary, Kárad, Kick scooter, Kickbike, Kickbiking, Off Road Tracks, Stealth camping, Vityapuszta, Wild camping, Winter, Winter Cycling, Winter in Hungary

Hungary

Lake Balaton Around Tour

Distance: 332 km. Days: 7. Average distance a day: 47 km. Maximum speed: 56 km per hour. First week of June 2021.

Time for a tour. The mountains in the distance surrounding lake Balaton beckon me. One hill after another passing a shade onto the one following up, the light crisp, the color of the lake a blue I can not describe. The hills are calling out for me for some months now.

Tags Balaton, Balaton lake, Forest, Hács, Köveskál, Kesthely, Lake Balaton, Litér, Nemesvámos, Stealth camping, Tab, Tagyon, The woods, Veszprém, Wild camping, Zanka

Thoughts

Wild Camping Guidance

Have you decided to explore the world on a bicycle, then camping is part of it. As the outside seems so much more spooky than a house, the first thing that comes to mind is: ‘Is it not dangerous?’ On the contrary, in fact, it is not so much about danger. Much more camping is about management of daily changing circumstances and how to deal with them. Rather exciting and never dull indeed!

Tags Camping in nature, Camping in the wild, Camping life, How to find a camp spot?, Safety First, Stealth camping, tips and tricks, Tips for camping, Wild camping

Interview Thoughts

Heike Pushbikegirl

Heike made a post where she asks 4 other experienced solo female cyclists about wild camping. Since we are lone women, many people think this is extra dangerous. But the truth is, it is not, at all. On the contrary.