Continuing the trip to Ban Ma RV & Park | Road trip | Inner Mongolia 2021 | Day 2

Item: Continuing the trip to Ban Ma RV & Park | Road trip | Inner Mongolia 2021 | Day 2
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Author: Petri 大P

Overnight at Ban Ma RV & Park and having a terrible wake up in the morning with thunder, heavy winds and our awning breaking + getting soaking wet.

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Petri 大P

Ban Ma RV & Park, the camp has been set up, and time to take care of some remote work.

Slowly heading for Qingdao, we found a camping place in Yantai. Recommended from various forums and the internet. The name is Ban Ma RV & Park, and checked in with ease. The spot for our caravan and car was fully in the bushes, which is normal here, as DIY travels are not so common. They had electricity/water available, so for one night, it was ok. We are in a little hurry as we will meet some friends in Inner Mongolia and need to keep some schedule so as not to be so much sightseeing on the way.

Early morning wake-up call

Early morning wake-up at 6 AM, heaven poured rain like never before. Our awning had collapsed, and also the mosquito tent under it. Rushed out to save some of the shoes and other stuff, but they had mostly soaked already. To be too confident about the weather might hit you when sudden changes. One hint is also to have some weights on the awning legs in windy in the area. Luckily only our shoes and some clothes got wet, + I was like swimming with clothes on. Lessons learned, check the forecast.

Ban Ma RV & Park camping, road trip, inner mongolia, caravan, Qingdao — Ban Ma RV & Park sign

Cravan parking in Huangdao — These spaces have not been maintained as there is not so many DIY travelers. Positive was they had electricity/water posts

Study inside Mosquito tent — Sitting inside the mosquito tent for having peaceful study

Flowers in caravan area — Plenty of flowers in the area surrounding our space

Paths to walk campground China — Many paths to take walks in the surrounding area

Mongolian style of gate for entrance to the area

As you can see we did not need to fight for the space. Our spot marked with the arrow

Gate to jurtas in camping — At least the gate to the area with jurtas was significant

MIY awning collapsed — Morning, after the storm destroyed our awning and it collapsed, all the equipment outside were soaking wet

MIY caravan pipes leaking, China — On the second day needed to dig out my tool box as the pipes were leaking.

Church close camping in Huangdao, China — Church close by the area having nice walkaways around it

Water slide close to camping — Close to the campsite, there was an enormous waterslide. Surely with our luck it was not in use

This was a big place with yurts and fixed caravans and not so much for kids in the camping place. Outside instead, there was a park with the longest slide I had ever seen. Unfortunately, it was not open during our visit.