Camping at Arta Plage is a highlight for the family. We did it twice over the Christmas break, for two days and then for three days. Here’s what camping under the stars at a Djiboutian beach looks like.
Getting there
The boys sleep on that blue tarp. Off behind the buildings is the ‘bathroom.’ Everyone gathers for coffee after an early morning snorkel.
Tom and I sleep near the tarp. Lucy brought her hula hoop and won the first ever Djibouti’s Got Talent show the last night. The prize – a jar of American salsa!
Bring on the coffee. Its tough to look this good so early. Kids don’t sleep until after midnight and are up with the sunrise. Thus, so are the parents. Thus, bring on the coffee.
Yes, the sign really says “danger of death” and on the second day a French soldier stationed himself at the bottom of this hill to keep people from going up during shooting exercises. As soon as they left, the kids scrambled on up.
Excellent food. Except when my baggies didn’t keep out ice water and our lunch the next day was ruined. Thankfully someone caught fish and shared.
Aren’t they pretty? And yummy.
I think she was checking to see who had lost more teeth.
Gotta love girls who love to play with fish.
And gotta love the boys who catch the fish.
Octopus. Took about five of us to catch it, he was inking and hiding and huge.
Amazing how he could change colors and how heavy he was. We released him and he bolted. Can’t say I blame him.
Beautiful, relaxing, community-building, educational, hard-work. That’s camping at Arta Plage.
How do you get away from the city or relax or encounter wildlife where you live?
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Before I came this past time I invested in some light-weight camping/trekking gear (and in an Aeropress coffee maker and coffee hand grinder – gourmet espressos in the morning). We rent a car and sleep somewhere under the stars in the desert or visit some Bedouin friends and sleep in a tent constructed from food-grade fertilizer bags. My next trip will be to the Eastern desert where you need a 4X4 but we hear there are beautiful wilderness areas out there that are totally desolate!
Great investment! And so worth it to see the sky and the land and be with people outside like that. I love it!
The last time I went camping, sadly, was with you guys. We live on the edge of town so we see deer sometimes and tons o birds. Your pictures are great, looks like a great time. Ps. your new wheels are sweeeet
You’ll have to come back and camp again here then. And yes – love the new car!
Looks like fun.
I’m holding out hope that camping gets easier as our boys get older. Our first attempt, with a two-year-old and a four-year-old, was a bit trying for the same reason you noted: kids get to sleep late and wake with the sunrise. (Napping didn’t work either.)
We camped once when our twins were about 3 or so. It rained and mostly all I remember is being totally exhausted! Now it is so much more fun – 7 and 12 and 12 are the kids.
That sounds like a great camping trip! Can’t say I’ve every heard of anyone catching an octopus while camping
You wouldn’t believe the things they catch – puffers and stone fish and edible fish, starfish…pretty amazing.
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