I used to dislike it, such a bitter drink. I still take my coffee with milk and sweetener or sugar, but I’ve come to appreciate it more and more. A small pick-me-up that is welcome at times. It’s also a pleasant ritual that I enjoy. Even if it’s just popping a capsule into the machine, it remains a moment I find enjoyable.
Most of the time, when we’re in the forest or on a hike, I don’t think about having a cup of coffee. But when the opportunity does arise, it’s extra special, especially when all sorts of equipment come into play. Then, the value of the ritual increases enormously, and even if the coffee isn’t that great, the coffee-experience more than makes up for it.
About two years ago we discovered two YouTubers that really inspired us. First ‘Bald and bankrupt‘, who made really great videos, like the one I like most, where he visits an off limits Russian production facility to the one of their last space shuttle like rockets. The ‘Buran‘.
The other YouTuber is ‘Kurt Caz‘ with lots of good videos, but the one I like best is where he visited a family in the middle of nowhere, they invited him to some food, and he then did a fundraiser for the family in Haiti, and returned later to give them some money. The family uses the money to buy a motorcycle, to help them with a better future.
We went camping recently at a site called ‘Llanos de la Pez‘, in the middle of Gran Canaria, and tried to make our own video, inspired by these two great YouTubers. See for yourself how it turned out!
The educational aspects of the video, that maybe remain a bit in the background:
– We are camping in a forest that is representative to Gran Canaria a few hundred years ago
– At that time the entire island was covered with forest/trees
– Roque nublo is the place where the original inhabitants (the guanches) used to meet, to discuss important issues
Maybe the video is a bit over the top, but we laughed really a lot during the production, so even if it is not the best video, we can only be happy with the result.
