10 Top Tips for Traveling Without Electricity – Part 1
How would you cope without cold drinks and your cell phone in the jungle?
There are times when we will be travelling to places where there isn’t any electricity and depending on how long you will be without this ubiquitous power, there are things you can do to keep things a little bit ‘normal’.
So whether you are camping for 1 night or roughing it for 2 weeks, here are some great tips to help make everything seem better!
1) Cold Drinks:
Now after trekking through mountains or even spending the night out in the open – nothing is more pleasing than a cold, fresh drink – but where will you find on in the jungle or in a remote village?
There could be one in your own bag – a thermos flask. Normally thought of as something to keep coffee warm – these delightful caddies can also keep things ice cold!
We recently brought a small thermos that keeps things ice cold for up to 24 hours – thats long enough for a fresh morning drink wherever you wake up – and it really works. Nothing tastes better than cold water when you are parched!
2) Facial Hair
Take a wet shave razor rather than an electric one where ever you travel. Not only will you save electricity wherever you go – but when the power isn’t quite up to scratch you need not fear.
Alternatively, give up with the whole shaving thing and grow a beard! Not only will you save the effort of carrying around all the associated toiletries and things – you could better spend that time seeing the sights rather than hunched over in front of tiny mirror and bowl of cold water!
3) Dabble With Dynamo’s
There are loads of products now that are dynamo driven rather than battery powered – making your journey lighter and more eco friendly.
Just a few pumps of the handle and my little dynamo torch will always shine – no worrying about it running out of power when there are noises in the bushes!
And a few winds of my neat little dynamo radio and I can listen to the local news and weather or just some relaxing local music when I am all alone!
4) Let The Sun Shine:
It isn’t only the power of your hands that can generate free power – the sun can too. Even if the weather isn’t hot the sun can still work for you.
Chargers are available in all sorts of sizes and for all manner of electrical goods. So whether you are taking your cell or your laptop – as long as you have the right attachments – you can charge them up while you laze about by a beach or you can even do it while walking with backpack mounted panels!
5) And For What’s Left:
There may well still be a few things that cannot be adapted for lower power inputs or don’t have compatible adaptors – so they still need batteries. But that is just fine.
There are plenty of solar powered battery chargers out there, so buy the best strength rechargable batteries and get going! (NB: Not all batteries are the same I recently found out and some are so feeble that you barely get any use out of them before they need charging again – so ask a retailer before buying).
Join me for more green holiday tips in Part 2 in a few days……
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