Most useless item to carry around in India ? MUI

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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?

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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!
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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.

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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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My alarm clock
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A padded bra-way too hot.
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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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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!
Gosh. I've never slept in a pillow case before. That's quite clever of you Chris.

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vanity, she can cure it though
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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.
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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
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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.
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Undoubtedly an electric mosquito zapper racket. Don't ask how my inlaws reacted..
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Originally Posted by edwardseco Undoubtedly an electric mosquito zapper racket. Don't ask how my inlaws reacted..
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electric mosquito zapper racket?

Brilliant things!

You've made me think that I will take mine next time I travel!
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