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ASU2003 · 03-01-2007, 09:14 PM

Thanks for all the tips. Things are coming together, and it should be an 8 day trip now. I will need a map that I will pick up there, because I get lost easily. And I probably won’t be staying in just one hostel. I’ll be going to different parts of the town most likely. But I also want to hang out with and get to know the other travelers. More than "Hi.", "Bye."

I'll try to make reservations ahead of time, but it might not work. I don't think that this is the peak travel season, but it is still going to be busy. Are the co-ed dorms cleaner and better than the male only ones? Do the co-ed ones fill up first and that is why you need to make reservations?

I will be sure to bring a pad lock now, I would have never thought about that.

I am having a debate about if I should bring my laptop or not? I will have it with me for my business travel portion, but do I want to bring it? It does fit in a hidden compartment inside my backpack. I used it quite a bit last summer when I drove around the southwest. I can get information and find where to go/where I am. I could try to print out my things to do list, hostel phone numbers/locations, and use their shared computers to find information, it might work, but it might not. Security would be an issue and necessity is the other. If I do some prep work ahead of time and know what hostels are good, where I can camp outside (there is a national park to hike and camp in 2 hours away by train), and a bunch of other basic info so I'm not completely lost and freaking out in a foreign country, I should be ok. It is like a baby blanket kind of. I know that I don't need it and will have a great time without it, but part of me worries that I won't be free to make up my trip as I go along quite as much. Have you ever seen someone with a computer? I’m 90% sure I’m not taking it.

I checked with the airport, and it costs about US$9/day to leave a suitcase, so it would probably be worth it to lighten the load.

About the towel... I'm not exactly happy about bringing it, but I'll have to see. It would be the first thing to go. It probably won't go, but I might get a smaller towel. Does the hostel let you take their towels to the beach? I thought about it some more and the beach towel isn't going. I'll buy something there if I really need to.

So added to the list:
-pad lock
-map
-bus/ferry week-long pass US$29
-ear plugs (I’ll have those from my airplane packing list)
-fabreze/oust/air freshener, I’ll leave it behind at the end though.

03-01-2007, 09:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Thanks for all the tips. Things are coming together, and it should be an 8 day trip now. I will need a map that I will pick up there, because I get lost easily. And I probably won’t be staying in just one hostel. I’ll be going to different parts of the town most likely. But I also want to hang out with and get to know the other travelers. More than "Hi.", "Bye." I'll try to make reservations ahead of time, but it might not work. I don't think that this is the peak travel season, but it is still going to be busy. Are the co-ed dorms cleaner and better than the male only ones? Do the co-ed ones fill up first and that is why you need to make reservations? I will be sure to bring a pad lock now, I would have never thought about that. I am having a debate about if I should bring my laptop or not? I will have it with me for my business travel portion, but do I want to bring it? It does fit in a hidden compartment inside my backpack. I used it quite a bit last summer when I drove around the southwest. I can get information and find where to go/where I am. I could try to print out my things to do list, hostel phone numbers/locations, and use their shared computers to find information, it might work, but it might not. Security would be an issue and necessity is the other. If I do some prep work ahead of time and know what hostels are good, where I can camp outside (there is a national park to hike and camp in 2 hours away by train), and a bunch of other basic info so I'm not completely lost and freaking out in a foreign country, I should be ok. It is like a baby blanket kind of. I know that I don't need it and will have a great time without it, but part of me worries that I won't be free to make up my trip as I go along quite as much. Have you ever seen someone with a computer? I’m 90% sure I’m not taking it. I checked with the airport, and it costs about US$9/day to leave a suitcase, so it would probably be worth it to lighten the load. About the towel... I'm not exactly happy about bringing it, but I'll have to see. It would be the first thing to go. It probably won't go, but I might get a smaller towel. Does the hostel let you take their towels to the beach? I thought about it some more and the beach towel isn't going. I'll buy something there if I really need to. So added to the list: -pad lock -map -bus/ferry week-long pass US$29 -ear plugs (I’ll have those from my airplane packing list) -fabreze/oust/air freshener, I’ll leave it behind at the end though.