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Re: How to pack light, some tips Posted on: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:03:53 +0000 (UTC)

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:13:44 -0700, Iceman
wrote:

>On Aug 19, 10:10 pm, "Ian Burton" wrote:
>> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1187572883.094870.118570@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/packlight.html
>>
>> There are tips here that I couldn't follow in a million years, but to each
>> his own.
>>
>> One paragraph that turned my stomach is below. I find no pleasure in
>> tearing up books. Next kommt the burning!
>
>
>And the chapters on crappy places you'd never want to go to make
>interesting reading when you're stuck waiting for a bus or train. I
>always love to see what Lonely Planet has to say about places like
>Blackpool or Benidorm or Pattaya.
>
>> Travel Book Country Removals: Weight Saved
>> This time around, I bought the cheap $15 Let's Go Europe "On a Budget"
>> edition. Then I cut out the stuff I won't need. There is a certain pleasure
>> in chopping out Let's Go sections, perhaps because the writing is so awful.
>> Many fellow travellers agree: you only buy Let's Go because their data is
>> reasonably good, and the paper is lighter than Lonely Planet.
>
>
>You buy Let's Go if your budget is $20 a day, you want to eat
>McDonalds and cafeteria food instead of real restaurants, stay in the
>shittiest youth hostels or in college dormitories, and drink beer with
>other Americans instead of actually seeing any sights.

Actually, I agree on the logic of selecting only the bits
you need from the travel books and cutting the rest. When
you're visiting multiple countries that paper weight is no
fly weight.

The best books I used in the USA were the ones I picked up
on arrival from the AAA; but they were a lot of weight after
we left the car behind so we sent them home too.

I also packed up all the souvenirs and other stuff collected
along the way every month or two and sent it home. However,
that can be an exercise in itself, being ripped off by
foreign mail systems.


Cheers, Alan, Australia
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