Hot answers tagged clothing
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For the general area, there's no dress code - you even see people wandering through in their swimming gear after they've been in the pool! I've been in wearing tshirt and jeans, feeling underdressed until I saw the tourists in their tshirt and shorts with flip-flops.
However, you may wish to consider what else you want to do in Vegas, and dress ...
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In most Muslim countries, keeping the arms and legs covered would be considered completely sufficient, especially for someone who is visibly a foreigner.
Some (e.g. Turkey, at least the bigger cities) are much more tolerant and nobody will feel offended by bare arms or legs. The strictest dress code exists in Saudi Arabia, where women are required to wear ...
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There is for example this company that has a website where they list all the coin-laundries (コインランドリー). You will have to know how to read addresses in Japanese at least to use this.
There are tons of others, also usually found in remote areas:
coin-laundry.co.jp
ciao-net.jp
mocomoco-jp.com
super-laundry.net
(google for コインランドリー 店舗一覧 to find more)
In ...
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You can never blend in in Egypt. Egyptians wear normal clothes nowadays and no one wears the native clothing which is like long dress (except old people in small villages) and I am sure you do not mean the very old native clothing of Egypt or you would look like a Pharaoh which is not blending in :) and not to forget that you are Caucasian which is hard to ...
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That's the kind of gear I'd use when going to hike well into subzero temperatures. Attempting to hike in such a gear at +20°C, especially in humid air, you'll not be comfortable at all. It's a total overkill. Especially the pants.
What I'd use for such a hike:
t-shirt, preferably non-cotton stay-dry kind;
soft shell fleece jacket (Windstopper or ...
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Generally there is no strict dress code on the casino floors (within reason), so Jeans and T-Shirt would be just fine. There is a blog entry on the subject from Las Vegas Direct and also on TripAdvisor. There is also a somewhat decent FAQ regarding age restrictions.
If you get into an exclusive area where stakes are rather large you might be required to ...
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Hikr.org is a popular hiking portal mainly for the Alps, but there are also two reports about Adam's peak. Both of them state that it isn't a very difficult hike, and one of them even classifies the route in the official hiking scale. The report states it is a T2, which means:
T2 – Mountain Hikes
Paths with continuous marked-out route. In case it is ...
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If price is no object, then you really need to look at Tilley Hats.
They are basically an institution amongst those that own them, and have definitely been designed with at least most of your criteria in mind.
I don't own one, and am not enough of a hat person to be able to bring myself to spend ~US$80 on one, but having met people who have owned them I ...
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Layers!
I recently did the Trans-Siberian Railway in May. Siberia in May is surprisingly hot, often over 30°C, but in Mongolia at night it can drop well below freezing. I found with a load of the usual t-shirts, about 3 thin fleece jumpers and thin rainproof jacket (mac/anorak type thing) I was fine to cope with the cold. And then I had jumpers for ...
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When I hiked through Japan in 1999 I mainly was guided by the Lonely Planet edition of that year. Every hotel/inn/B&B I stayed had modern (western style)- do it yourself - washing machines. I never experienced any problem. I don't know the situation when you get of the lonely planet track
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Dubai is the heart of the Middle East, people from all over the world come to Dubai and in a place with this mixture of people you will not face a problem with clothes, simply because many of these tourists are coming from many places with different clothing cultures and many of them just wear whatever they wear at home! Anyway your profile says that you are ...
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Pouches on a PALS webbing would be an overkill and could qualify as a carry on bag, as it is indeed a bag. Some inventor made this (http://consumerist.com/2012/10/30/avoid-baggage-fees-with-wearable-luggage-if-you-dont-mind-looking-completely-ridiculous/) and people wear this specifically flying Ryanair. HTH.
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On the Clothes & Laundry page of OneBag.com, there is a section named Taming temperature. The two main points are:
Layering. Several thin layers of clothes are more efficient than a thick coat.
Wear a hat, to limit the heat that leaks from your head.
I would add gloves. I use layering as well by wearing a thin pair of gloves made of silk inside the ...
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I just got back from Panama, and while it technically wasn't yet the rainy season, it was getting there. Here are some thing that might be helpful.
Rainy season doesn't mean it rains all the time. It means frequent thundershowers. In between it can be warm and sunny
It's very warm. The main difference that makes is that even if you get wet, you won't get ...
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There are three routes.
Hatton route.
Rathnapura route
Kuruwita route
Easiest and most common route is Hatton route. If you go this way Slippers are the best.(Thats what the locals use)
If u want to get more jungle experience, you should go in other routes. Better to use water proof boots.
And please consider this is one of the most sacred places ...
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England's Medieval Festival is the largest of its kind in the UK. This year it will take place at Herstmonceux Castle East Sussex, UK on the 24th, 25th and 26th August 2013.
Held annually since 1992 over the three days of the August Bank Holiday Weekend, England's Medieval Festival at Herstmonceux Castle is Britain's largest and most magnificant ...
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A brief Google turns up Carisbrooke Castle and the Bodiam Castle for a start; the National Trust are big on recreating authentic experiences at their places.
If you've got some special interest I'm sure they're pretty approachable by email too, in case they only normally get the chain mail out for crushing children on school visits (how people fought in ...
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I am a permanent traveller, and I wash my laundry with hotel bar soap or shampoo. Some is hanging over my hotel balcony to dry now, in fact. I've never ruined anything with it, and I've been hand washing silks and knit wools regularly. In my opinion it is more important to be careful in not using too hot of water, wringing or hanging things that shouldn't be ...
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If you're not going to regions like Nepal and Northern India, don't even think to take warm clothing with you. That's from my experience. I'm travelling for a three months in Asia and I arrived here from Russia, and the only place you can possibly get cold is heavily air-conditioned transport. You may feel quite cold in sleeper buses and trains in Thailand. ...
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Staffed laundries are more common in Japan than laundromats, but hotels, ryokan and minshuku will often have washing machines you can use as well.
Washing machines are fully automatic, the cold water is compensated for by more aggressive detergents. So it could be that detergent you bring along would not be effective.
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Lightweight synthetic hiking trousers are designed to allow a comfortable range of motion and to wick away sweat, while still offering some protection against the sun and minor scratches.
Even if not hiking in the back country, they have features that make them excellent travel garments, such as
multiple deep mesh pockets where you can store your map, ...
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I've read Ankur Banerjee's answer and your comment to it, so I realize my contribution is ill-timed. Besides, I'm a woman, so I may have faced different issues than the ones connected with gentlemen clothes.
I've had clothes tailor-made in India four times in four different areas in the South (never in Bangalore, as I didn't stay long enough in the town), ...
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Well, I can kinda answer but since you were a bit vague, we don't know how cold it is suppose to be where you are intending to go.
If it's average winter temperature in the mainland (I'd say it's from -15°C to +10°C), then this is what I'd recommend (no brands mentioned on purpose):
Fleece jacket is a standard and is very warm and cozy. It is a bit bulky ...
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I frequently go to Edinburgh for a few weeks till the end of July because I take groups of students there for language courses. What I have learnt from these stays is that no summer is exactly the same as the previous one.
Last year we had good weather, with few rainy spells (we even went to sunbathe at Portobello Beach, where I got sunburnt!). This year is ...
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I was in Edinburgh in the first week of August a couple of years ago, and I got a quite wide array of weather conditions, often on the same day: cloudy, then sunny, then cloudy again with rain, and so on.
Regarding clothes, I usually went around the city with jeans, sneakers, a t-shirt, a light sweater and a light waterproof jacket for the rain. The ...
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There are two main things that good hiking boots do (and most regular shoes don't):
They have well-profiled and extremely sturdy soles that won't slip or break
They support your ankles so they won't twist
So the more uneven and rocky the terrain gets, the more you need hiking boots. I'd say that's pretty much it.
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From this Wikipedia page you can get an idea of average temperatures in Munich. From there you should be able to figure out which type of clothes to take. A rain protection is important, even in Summer. Take an umbrella and a raincoat adapted to the season's temperatures.
What you should wear at home eventually depends on you. It can range from nothing at ...
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I've bought tailored shirts and suits in Bangkok, Thailand, but some things I learned will probably apply in India too. (In fact, I think the Khao San Road salesguys I did business with were from India.)
Don't worry; you don't need to know that much beforehand. The service will likely be good, and they will make everything very easy for you. (To me the ...
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Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders have a very family-inclusive welcome which can include getting even the kids dressed up in authentic costume - including armour, noble or peasant garb etc
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Rainy season means both hotness and high humidity; the high humidity is the reason why people feel so uncomfortable because our main defense against heat is the cooling caused by evaporation. High humidity means the air is already full of water vapor, so it does not work well during rainy season.
So clothing should ideally be able to exchange humidity well: ...
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