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How do you 'self-isolate' in a hostel dorm room?
Go home if you can!
If you are travelling in your country of residence, go home and self-isolate there. If travel restrictions make this impossible, contact the relevant authorities for advise. ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
In places that I've felt to be a bit dodgier than usual I have done a few things:
Sleep in shorts with a pocket and keep the key in my pocket.
Thread the key onto a string and wear it around my neck.
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
Personally I use the pillowcase method. Small torch, asthma inhaler, old phone I use as an alarm/music player (vibrate wakes me, doesn't wake anyone else, best ever), and locker key, all fit into a ...
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Which language(s) is most useful for backpacking Africa?
French seems like an obvious choice: Spoken (to some extent, don't expect everybody to be able to communicate with you!) in 20+ countries, not much overlap with English, mostly standardized and easy ...
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Esbit tablet in planes
Here's what Esbit says:
Is it allowed to carry Esbit solid fuel on commercial airplanes?
It is not allowed to carry Esbit solid fuel in your hand baggage. With regard to the provisions of the ...
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Are backpack nets an effective deterrent when going to rougher parts of the world?
I spent the first half of thus year in southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia.)
First of all, I wouldn't consider this a "rough" part of the world. True, cost ...
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Japan cheapest way to travel? Is carpool/ride share common in Japan?
The cheapest way to travel in Japan is to hitchhike. Getting out of major cities is difficult, but once you're on the road, it's generally amazingly easy to get rides. Some knowledge of Japanese helps,...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
How about using a motion alarm app such as this Android one. Then you either put the key inside the back cover if it will fit, or just tape it to the phone if it won't. If anyone tries to move or take ...
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Are backpack nets an effective deterrent when going to rougher parts of the world?
They generally are a deterrent. They make the backpack much harder to steal and open and so greatly reduce chances of thieves targeting you backpack specifically. They can be broken with the right ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
Put the key under your bed's leg, it will keep it safe, unless you're such a deep sleeper that someone could steal your bed without you noticing.
That's what I do whenever I have to stay in an hotel ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
While I was Hostel hopping through Europe, I obtained an mp3 player arm band that was silly large (free too). It was big enough for me to put around my upper leg and hold on to my key and phone while ...
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Is it possible to do backpacking through Europe for 15 days with 1000USD?
Is it possible? Yes.
I usually budget $1,000 per month wherever I travel. But...
But I use most of the tricks in the book, depending on the country, to keep prices down. Many people won't be ...
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How do you 'self-isolate' in a hostel dorm room?
traveler who is planning on staying in hostel dorms
Make a different plan. Your question assumes that the hosteler simply will not change accommodation plans and will perform the self-isolation in a ...
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Japan cheapest way to travel? Is carpool/ride share common in Japan?
One of the very cheapest ways to travel is the Willer Express Japan Bus Pass, which costs as little as ¥2100 per travel day for unlimited travel.
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How do you 'self-isolate' in a hostel dorm room?
In NZ, (and I imagine Australia) you can't
Police removed a traveler from a hostel yesterday and have forcibly quarantined her and she will deported at the end of the 14 days. There are now three ...
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How can I get best deal from Flixbus?
I have been on a few flixbus journeys within Germany and the rule I follow to get the best prices is to book as early as possible. They quite often run/ran promotions and you do run a risk of missing ...
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Snow Access in North India in the winter
Most of North India doesn't see snow, and the winter temperatures almost never reach close to freezing.
The places that see snow are J&K, Himachal Pradesh and some parts of Uttarakhand. This ...
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HDD vs SSD for a travel laptop?
I can't think of any advantage to an HDD, other than cost.
Even with automatic parking, the risk of a scratch from a drop is non-trivial, if the drive is in use. (My fairly severe drop resulted in a ...
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What do you do when you're on-the-road and you cannot shower?
In some countries there are opportunities to shower or bathe that you might not expect.
In Thailand, there are "police boxes" (ป้อมตำรวจ), which are mini police stations located on highways at the ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
The best practice is not to store the key in the first place. EG use a combination lock!
You can't lose a key you don't have. And as has been previously mentioned a lock will only keep out honest ...
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Esbit tablet in planes
For a definitive answer, you should contact the airline
Me thinks it will not be allowed, both in check-in luggage or hand luggage.
One internet reference :
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/...
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Alcohol-fuel for burner in Spain
How big is your burner? Take your burner to a local ferreteria (hardware store), and simply say 'Tienes Combustible de alcohol' . That should do the trick. If not go to the big department store EL ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
Another possibility would be to leave the key at the hostels reception desk (and ask them to give you a voucher). This way the key is stored in a different area than your room, and in the case that ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
In the scenario where you are only worried about a key you can tape the key to you foot or arm with plasters or surgical tape.
Taped to your foot while you are in a sleeping bag would be a very ...
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Japan cheapest way to travel? Is carpool/ride share common in Japan?
Most people find the JR Pass to be the most affordable and comfortable way to visit multiple cities.
If you're super cheap, then overnight discount intercity buses will save you both transportation ...
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How to safely store my locker key in a hostel at night?
If the key doesn't have a keyring, you could place it in a moneybelt, and wear the belt at night. You might want two belts, one for night and one for other valuables during the day.
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How to independently visit Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia started to issue tourist visas online and on arrival from 28 September 2019.
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Japan cheapest way to travel? Is carpool/ride share common in Japan?
1) Ridesharing / Carpooling is not common in Japan yet but a small community called "Noritomosan" is working on it (available in english). The platform allows to find travel friends in Japan, ...
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Are backpack nets an effective deterrent when going to rougher parts of the world?
My friend has one of these and the steel mesh is quite heavy which far outweighs any benefit you will get security-wise, who wants to drag around extra weight.
I have never used any bag locks while ...
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How will Canada customs treat shipped luggage?
If the 'gear' has any product type and/or numbers, a customs service can determin in which country it was sold (if they want to).
So be truthful and declare them 'as canadian bought between 20?? and ...
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