The campers-out in two Cairo districts instead see themselves as heroes and martyrs in a modern-day Islamic epic, seeking to return Egypt to the rightful path.
"I have always found campers-out," says the same authority, "even when roughing it considerably, better-humoured companions than ordinary travellers, mainly, no doubt, because they are healthier and freer from worry".
But the people with the camper turned out to be both lucky and right.
At least, as one camper pointed out in the Exploration newspaper, it is preparing them for "how little sleep college students receive".
At first I kept my work outfit in the camper, stepping out in the morning like a proper city worker, but after a couple of weeks I left my suits and shirts at the gallery and got changed when I arrived.
This time five campers hanging out at a remote cabin in the Texan woods fall foul of a fierce, furry critter known in those parts as Bigfoot.
At first, I thought this was part of the company's ecological philosophy, but as we spent time in the park I realized that serious campers take out everything they bring in, which is also a park regulation (cans and bottles are not even allowed in most of the park).
Campers forced out by California fires Jump to media player In California a surging wildfire has forced several thousand people to evacuate the mountains of Santa Barbara County.
After a few moments of loud mixing, I was on my way again with a delicious frothy margarita in hand". Another time, Plenert and Read were bicycling — the primary means of transportation in Black Rock City — and encountered campers handing out free "shots". The condition, however, was first receiving a shock from a cattle prod.
