There are some prejudices among people who haven't participated in a gay camp before. Some of them you can get rid of here.
A gay camp is NOT: |
A gay camp is, among other things: |
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Guided tours and 'Mallorca-parties' |
Trekking and/or biking around on the island for those who are interested |
| Extravagant
accommodation |
Primitive accommodation in a tent camp |
| Ready-to-eat meals from the restaurant of the hotel | Joint cooking and dishwashing, cold beers and perhaps the local stew ('biksemad') at the 'Perlen' restaurant |
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Vegetarian food all week |
Meals with and without meat |
| Heated swimming
pool with screaming kids |
Swimming from the camp's 'own' stony beach and no kids |
| Active vacation
if you don't want it (=lazy vacation) |
Active vacation if you want it |
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Discotheques and bars, TV, radio and recorded music |
Live music and songs in the gleam of the kerosene lamps (remember to bring your instrument). Maybe a bonfire in the evening |
| Confined
cities or sultry hotel rooms |
Light, air and sea, revealing quietness |
| A hot shower in the camp (but you can buy yourself one at the harbour if you wish so) | Cold shower in the camp (hot water if the sun is shining) |
| Expensive
vacation |
Probably the cheapest kind of vacation possible |
| Electric light (actually, there is no electricity at all) | Kerosene lamp cosiness, bottled gas for the cooking and freezing elements for the refrigerators and the beer cupboards |
| It's still like in the seventies or eighties: narcissism in consciousness-raising groups and coming-out groups | The vacation is what you make of it |
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And much more |