RayonRandoZine No. 19 - The great outdoors magazine

Contents no. 19 - October 2023:

How to optimise your campervan equipment?

Tropical travel: how to protect yourself from mosquitoes?

Crete: culture and hiking, sea and mountains

How to optimise your campervan equipment?

You finally have your dream van! Like a house on wheels, but much smaller than a tiny house… And all your equipment must fit into that limited space. How do you do it?

RayonRando asked Amélie and Anthony, who have been travelling since 2021 in Simone, a Renault Trafic L1H1 they converted themselves.

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Tropical travel: how to protect yourself from mosquitoes?

When the weather deteriorates in metropolitan France, discovering warmer countries is tempting. But the tropics bring more than sunshine: they also have unwanted companions, mosquitoes.

Besides the immediate discomfort, they carry diseases such as dengue, malaria and Zika. It is therefore important to protect yourself from bites as much as possible.

Here are some first-hand experiences and tips to:

Reduce your exposure to risk;
Use suitable accessories and repellents for protection;
Limit discomfort if you are bitten.

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Crete: culture and hiking,
sea and mountains

For hikers, the Cretan diet is much richer and more varied than a simple salad. Here is why Crete can be a good hiking destination when skies are grey closer to home…

Good reasons to go hiking in Crete:

For the variety of discoveries Crete offers:

You can combine culture and hiking. There are remarkable sites such as Knossos and preserved old towns such as Hania (Chania) and Rethimnon. But culture can also be part of the hike itself: a Venetian fort on a ridge, a Byzantine church on the beach or an abandoned village may lie along your route.
You can combine sea and mountains: standing on a summit at midday does not prevent a swim in the sea at the end of the day.
The scenery is worth seeing, especially some gorges and views that let you admire the mountains with the sea in the background.
Finally, the food is good, people are welcoming and relaxed, and it is inexpensive out of season.

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