{"id":271,"date":"2009-10-19T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T11:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2009-10-19T07:50:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T11:50:07","slug":"sleeping-up-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping up high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_steps.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"tent_steps\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_steps-540x284.jpg\" alt=\"tent_steps\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_steps-540x284.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_steps-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_steps.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a> In order to afford a year on the road, there was little choice but camping. I wish I could tell I have no problems with insects crawling in my shoes, and that whenever I catch a snake I&#8217;m just happy to have it for breakfast. But really, I can&#8217;t. This is why, after a bit of research, I discovered the way most over-landers in Africa camp. With a rooftop tent. Freedom to go anywhere, away from mud, pop-up in minutes are the great qualities of this kind of tent. It weights around 100 pounds, can accommodate three people, and includes a 3-inch mattress. With the cheapest models at around $850, I find these tents expensive, but there are no real alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Fernando at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campinglab.com\/contact02.html\" target=\"_blank\">CampingLab<\/a>, he can hook you up with the cheapest models on the market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_done.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-276\" title=\"tent_done\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_done-540x315.jpg\" alt=\"tent_done\" width=\"540\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_done-540x315.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_done-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tent_done.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Can&#8217;t wait to have my first night in it, even so the weather is getting colder here, and I&#8217;m not looking forward to the first nights before reaching the South. I plan to leave before November 15, a little bit less than a month from now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks a bunch to John Balestrieri and his generous gift. He is now a proud sponsor of the expedition, and his gift was used to buy a in-board tire inflator. Thanks John, will miss the old day we worked on the elections together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to afford a year on the road, there was little choice but camping. I wish I could tell I have no problems with insects crawling in my shoes, and that whenever I catch a snake I&#8217;m just happy to have it for breakfast. But really, I can&#8217;t. This is why, after a bit &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=271\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sleeping up high&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,4],"tags":[17,310,309],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}