Most useless item to carry around in India ? MUI
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Sep 5th, 2006, 04:13 Member
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Most useless item to carry around in India ? MUI
hello!
i´m looking for a list of items you hated while travelling.
what was the personal most useless thing you ever carried around ?
(Lets call it the m.u.i.).
my MUI was a decent heavy pair of hikingboots in southern goa without ever leaving the shore.
and, not to forget to mention, my 100% rainproofed mexican rain poncho in the middle of the dryseason.. a great MUI again!
what was yours?
or, if you never had one, what`s on the other hand is a "must have" in your consideration?
michael
i´m looking for a list of items you hated while travelling.
what was the personal most useless thing you ever carried around ?
(Lets call it the m.u.i.).
my MUI was a decent heavy pair of hikingboots in southern goa without ever leaving the shore.
and, not to forget to mention, my 100% rainproofed mexican rain poncho in the middle of the dryseason.. a great MUI again!
what was yours?
or, if you never had one, what`s on the other hand is a "must have" in your consideration?
michael
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Sep 5th, 2006, 04:44 Naan.tering Nabob
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A Mosquito Net - It was an old army surplus one that weighed far too much and was big enough to cover an entire football field.
After the first night - it became quite evident that the model I had unwittingly purchased was a circa 1950's Korean war army surplus and that the thing was intended to be supported with sturdy metal poles (which were not included in the purchase)... not the flimsy twine that I brought for the job!
After the first night - it became quite evident that the model I had unwittingly purchased was a circa 1950's Korean war army surplus and that the thing was intended to be supported with sturdy metal poles (which were not included in the purchase)... not the flimsy twine that I brought for the job! We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~
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Sep 5th, 2006, 04:47 Up here for thinking. Down there for dancing.
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Most stupid thing for me was books! Way to heavy.
Most usefull thing: A duvet cover and pillow case for sleeping in. Also a heating element for hot water. I also pack instant coffee and some instant hot chocolate. The best thing I ever take is the short wave radio.
I can't live without the BBC World Service!
Most usefull thing: A duvet cover and pillow case for sleeping in. Also a heating element for hot water. I also pack instant coffee and some instant hot chocolate. The best thing I ever take is the short wave radio.
I can't live without the BBC World Service!
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Sep 5th, 2006, 04:54 Yoga Outlaw
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of course it was the weather and where I traveled but.....a pair of jeans. never wore them.
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"Takes passion to know passion...Without it, you'll never understand me."
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Sep 5th, 2006, 11:04 Senior Member
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Anti malarial tabs. I think the doctor oversubscribed and I had enough tabs to treat a small village for a year. Anway that was some years ago now. These days I don't bother. I manage mosquitos by covering up, spray etc.
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Gosh. I've never slept in a pillow case before. That's quite clever of you Chris.
Originally Posted by ChrisJ Most stupid thing for me was books! Way to heavy.
Most usefull thing: A duvet cover and pillow case for sleeping in. Also a heating element for hot water. I also pack instant coffee and some instant hot chocolate. The best thing I ever take is the short wave radio.
I can't live without the BBC World Service!
Most usefull thing: A duvet cover and pillow case for sleeping in. Also a heating element for hot water. I also pack instant coffee and some instant hot chocolate. The best thing I ever take is the short wave radio.
I can't live without the BBC World Service!
My SONY MP3 player. Even with noise-cancelling headphones listening was unpleasant on airplanes; and in India I was always too tired after a day's sightseeing to use the machine.
A travel iron? So easy to get stuff cleaned and pressed...
Most of the medicines in my medicine kit ---and all of the 'emergency medical kit' --- yes, I too once thought that this was a country in which it was impossible to get medicines or clean hyperdermic neadles
Perhaps most stupid of all, on my first trip to Chennai: A woollen Blazer! I wore it for about one minute before nearly dying of heat stroke
Most of the medicines in my medicine kit ---and all of the 'emergency medical kit' --- yes, I too once thought that this was a country in which it was impossible to get medicines or clean hyperdermic neadles
Perhaps most stupid of all, on my first trip to Chennai: A woollen Blazer! I wore it for about one minute before nearly dying of heat stroke
Ned... a MiniDisc or MP3 player is a lifesaver to me when flying or on trains, but the Miniature speaker set hardly ever got used for the same reasons as you.
Oh, and Trousers! Long trousers, at least, are just awful in the S. Indian climate.
Oh, and Trousers! Long trousers, at least, are just awful in the S. Indian climate.
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Sep 5th, 2006, 12:17 Maha Guru Member
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Undoubtedly an electric mosquito zapper racket. Don't ask how my inlaws reacted..
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