Updated: October 2026 | After a traditional Kenyan wedding, we traveled with some of our Kenyan friends and their relatives from Nairobi to Rangala in western Kenya. Our friend Rose had grown up there and her mother still lived there. It was a long drive with road construction, bananas, live chickens and grilled goat intestines – and a few days on a green and well-kept farm without electricity or running water.
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Updated: October 2026 | What is it like to go to a wedding in Kenya? During a trip in 2012, we were invited to a wedding in our Kenyan friend Rose's large family circle. We were told that it would be a fairly small wedding – with only about 400 guests. For us, it was of course huge. It was a fantastic day with dancing in the church, colorful clothes, music, joy and a big party outdoors.
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Updated: October 2026 | When we returned to Kenya in 2012, we did so under completely different circumstances than the first time. Now we were staying with Kenyan friends and had Nairobi as our base before and after a traditional wedding in the countryside. It gave us a different view of the capital – with traffic chaos, everyday life, parties, cultural clashes and great contrasts.
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The new trend is not camping but 'glamping', i.e. glamorous camping. According to the Swedish Camping and Cottage Association (SCR) and the Tourism Research Institute (TUI), luxury, freedom of choice and niche campsites are the way of the future.
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Updated: October 2026 | Västerås Mälarcamping, which is now called First Camp Västerås–Mälaren, is beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Mälaren. We visited the campsite several times during our first years with a motorhome, around 2010–2013. Here we had relaxing camping weekends with beach walks, good food and sometimes nice meetings with camping neighbors.
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Updated: October 2026 | Härjarö camping, which is now run as Härjarö Gård, is located on Lake Mälaren outside Enköping. The campsite reopened in the summer of 2026 after many years of closed operations. We visited the site during Easter 2012 and remember above all the tranquility, the swarm of campers and an unexpectedly snowy morning. Today, campsites and tent sites are offered with the nature reserve's forests, beaches and hiking trails around.
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Updated: October 2026 | Ängsö camping is located on Lake Mälaren between Västerås and Enköping, near Ängsö nature reserve. We visited the campsite with a camper van in the spring of 2012 and enjoyed our first outdoor meal of the year. There are campsites with and without electricity, beaches and opportunities for excursions in the surrounding area.
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During my flu season I have been reading Tina Thunander's "Travelling in Sharialand. A report on women's lives in Saudi Arabia". Tina is quite lost when she lands in the kingdom, but is soon given a lesson in the state of affairs by the Ministry of Information's envoy.
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We've fitted handrails to the motorhome. Of course, Peter didn't stop at installing guide rails at the back of the motorhome, but the front has also been given a facelift. Peter has installed both fog lights and LED lights in the grill. Now we will be visible in the dark!
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New shelves in the motorhome! In the wardrobe, next to the kitchen, we have previously only had some hangers with jackets. Now Peter has built shelves there instead, so we can use the cupboard as a pantry. It feels like we will have room for much more!
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