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  1. Charu
    March 18, 2011

    Camping on the beach is something I could totally handle! The waves, the warmth are no problem. If it gets ridiculously cold at night, I’ll look for the nearest hotel though…

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 27, 2011

      I can handle camping in a cold night, but rain is a dealbreaker for me! It’s hard to camp when all of your gear is soaking wet 😉

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  2. Ciki
    March 18, 2011

    LOVE the stylish camouflage tent near the beach.. very you;) !!!

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 19, 2011

      Haha, thanks! It was a very cool tent. When we got married last year, we put camping supplies on our registry and now have a blue tent. In retrospect, we should have gone camo! lol

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  3. Ted Nelson
    March 18, 2011

    I have camped many times on sandbars on a river, but I have not camped along the ocean much. We camped on Cape Sable in Florida, which is the southern most tip of mainland Florida in the Everglades and that was awesome except for the sand flies. These look like some great locations.

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    • Jake Semmel
      March 18, 2011

      Yeah the bugs can be a little annoying in the Everglades I bet! That was one of the nice things about these places, pretty bug free because of the breeze off the water.

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  4. Laura
    March 18, 2011

    I was just thinking about how I want to go camping on the beach this summer! We’ve camped a lot of places – even up on the mountainside on the coast of Spain, but never right on the beach. BTW I think I have the same bathing suit you’ve got on in the first pic, Leslie.

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 19, 2011

      Hehe, we have the same taste in fashion 🙂 The outfit I’m wearing in this photo is almost 100% H+M… they basically outfitted my RTW trip! Their clothes are light-weight and inexpensive… perfect for the beach.

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  5. Stephen
    March 18, 2011

    Camping. The Beach. Two good things. Why not put them together and make it even better. Staying in Tayrona Nat’l Park was one of the highlights of Colombia for me. Good memories. Would someday like to check out Ellis Beach.

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 19, 2011

      Glad to bring back the memories! We spent two months road-tripping in Australia and camped throughout the Outback and Queensland coast. I’d highly recommend it! Our tent cost $30 at Kmart in Australia and it saved us a ton of money on hostels. Plus, there were many campsites close to the beach or in equally stunning locals (like right by crocodile-infested rivers). You’d love it!

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  6. Jeremy B
    March 18, 2011

    Looks like a lot of fun! I’ve camped at the beach in Tahoe and Santa Cruz but I’ve never camped on the beach. Australia looks like a great place for doing this! However, I would love to find a beach that is quiet and empty to be able to do this!

    I did have a private beach house right on the water in Hawaii in which the entire wall was a window looking out on the beach. That was really nice!

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    • Jake Semmel
      March 18, 2011

      Wow that sounds nice in Hawaii…unfortunately most of the beaches we encountered didn’t allow camping right on them so we took advantage of the few opportunities we had.

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  7. Tran
    March 18, 2011

    Saw an article about camping along the East African coast recently. Can think of a couple of other places where this would really be a nice alternative. Will noodle on this….

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 27, 2011

      Hi Tran, thanks for the comment! We’d highly recommend beach camping. It’s an amazing experience 🙂

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  8. Debbie Beardsley
    March 18, 2011

    I actually liked all of your lodging digs. Camping and the beach go hand in hand in my book. We camped a lot but have gotten away from it for some reason. I think it may be time to bring it back!

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 27, 2011

      Thanks Debbie! We have some brand new camping gear that we have yet to use. Hope the warm weather comes soon so we can have a camping getaway 🙂

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  9. santafetraveler
    March 18, 2011

    What great photo. Looks like paradise and Leslie sure looks relaxed! The one time we tried to camp on the beach we found ticks all over the blanket and slept in our funky VW van- what can I say? it was a long time ago. That kind of cured me.

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 19, 2011

      Yikes! Try it again– camping on the beach is awesome. Just remember to check for ticks first, hehe 😉

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  10. Erica
    March 19, 2011

    I love camping on the beach except for the excessive amount of sand that makes it into the tent somehow. This is usually exasperated by my dogs who roll in the dunes first though. 😛

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 19, 2011

      That’s the one drawback! We don’t have dogs, but a bit of sand makes it in the tent. A small price to pay for camping in paradise 😉

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  11. jill- Jack and Jill Travel The World
    March 19, 2011

    We camped on a beach in Hawaii once. Very memorable experience to be able to listen to the sound of the crashing waves.

    Didn’t know that you could rent a tent and camp at Tayrona. Hmm…(note to self: look into this)

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    • Jake Semmel
      March 21, 2011

      Yeah its either that or sleep on a hammock elbow to elbow in a crowded lean-to…i’ll take the tent!

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  12. joshywashington
    March 20, 2011

    Viva la Beach Camping! I imagine myself an old man stepping out onto the sand from my massive beach pavilion, cup of tea in my hand with the sun rising over the palms… ah, one can dream! My wife and I spent 45 days straight on the beach in Costa Rica and it was some of the best times of my life.

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    • Jake Semmel
      March 21, 2011

      wow that sounds like a dream vacation in Costa Rica! where was it exactly? thats a place I’ve always wanted to go to.

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  13. Juno
    March 21, 2011

    Would you look at that! How fancy 🙂 One of my favourite thing is go to sleep while listning wave and wake up by sunshine and breeze. Camping on a beach, cool!
    I might have to get a tent just like yours to be stylish!!

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    • Leslie Koch
      March 27, 2011

      Hehe, you won’t need a wave soundtrack to get to sleep when you are camping next to the ocean! This tent cost $30 at an Australia Kmart. And isn’t it stylish? 😉

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  14. Maria A
    March 30, 2011

    I’m not a big camper (seem to be allergic to the outdoors in general), but I’d love to try a night on the beach once!

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  15. jade
    March 31, 2011

    I can’t believe there is camping so close to us- I will definitely check out the santa moncia place! FUn!

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  16. Michael Hodson
    April 8, 2011

    I love the sound of the water while camping on the beach. Such a peaceful way to go to sleep.

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  17. Nadia @ Johor Bahru
    December 17, 2011

    such a beautiful place! i shall visit it some days… =)

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