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What’s in your Suitcase?: Guimaras and Isla Gigantes Adventure
Tell us about yourself: I am Bugsy del Rosario, a lawyer by profession but a raketeer by choice! I love the great outdoors that’s why I trained to be a responsible mountaineer as well as a SCUBA diver. I don’t blog, since I know I don’t have the discipline for it so what I do is just post pictures of my different adventures and travels. I believe that it is truly more fun in the Philippines and that we have the best beaches the the earth can offer! Where were you headed?: I was headed to Iloilo and Guimaras because I have never been to those places. The original plan…
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PinayTraveller Recommends #10: How to Pack Clothes to Avoid Wrinkles
I don’t have a travel iron and I’m not really that trusting of hotel laundry and pressing services. So I looked around for ways to keep my shirts wrinkle-free when travelling (at least the ones I need to wear for meetings) and found this. I have used this technique several times and it works. The nice thing about this is that you can re-use plastic bags or sheets lying around your house. I also use paper like craft or manila paper. Don’t use newspaper, though, to avoid staining your shirt. Try it on your next trip!
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Top 7 Essential Tools to Pack
Here are 5 7 essential tools to pack on the road… tried, tested and adored by me. They’re cheap but invaluable, and should be in everyone’s travel bags regardless of age, sex or destination. 1. Clothespins Clothespins are very versatile tools. Aside from using them to hang your wet things, you can also use them to keep curtains together (especially if you want to stay in bed longer), re-seal opened packages and secure reminder notes to your bags/luggage. 2. Ziploc or ordinary sandwich bags Resealable bags have become an indispensable travel item of late. And it’s easy to see why. I use them to keep my toiletries, food, receipts…
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The Art of Packing
Packing is all about trial and error and so I share with you some tips on how to pack lightly. I must admit it took me a while to master the art of packing. I’m a bit of an obsessive-compulsive freak so I used to bring a lot each time I travelled, only to realize I didn’t really need half the stuff in my suitcase. Needless to say, packing is all about trial and error and so I share with you some tips on how I try to pack lightly. 1. Pack for the actual number of days you’ll be gone. Before you snort “Well isn’t that the way…
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