Sunday, December 23, 2007

Packing For Adventure Travel

There?s a funny scene in Romancing the Stone when Michael Douglas? character meets Kathleen Turner?s character and agrees to take her to a phone booth hundreds of miles away. He simply refuses to help her carry her completely impractical luggage and a few scenes later goes even further by chopping the heels off her shoes so she can actually walk in them. This little fiasco encompasses the essence of packing for adventure travel. Less is most definitely more!
When in a foreign country it is usually pretty easy to spot the experienced traveler from the novice. The novice is usually dragging a giant suitcase or trying to lug a brightly coloured backpack that is even bigger than they are. They are dressed in the latest ?must have? adventure gear from the most expensi View the rest of this article


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