travel-wise

by Barbara McCreadie

Travelling light

stuff - picture the average traveller.

F OR ME, the worst part of travel is carrying

He's got a raincoat even
though the temperature
never falls below 75F but if
he leaves it home it rains for
21 days straight.

He’s got a camera and
case that weighs about 10
pounds. If ‘“the’’ is-a ‘‘she’’,
she’s also got a big purse
filled with essential items
like a 600 page guidebook
and a large bottle of hand
lotion.

Then there’s the satchel.
Both travellers are scared to
death their luggage will go
astray so they’ve got all their
toiletries, medications, a
change of clothing, two 40-
oz jugs of joy juice and 400
cigarettes.

All that is hauled aboard
the aircraft. In addition,
each has forty pounds of
suitcase ‘crammed with
enough clothes to cover any
situation.

If that isn't bad enough,
consider the return trip. By
now, they’ve had to buy
another satchel to hold 24
Venetian goblets, two bronze
ashtrays and four pairs of
shoes. Don't forget the
duty-free.

The first time I took a trip
overseas I carried more
burdens than a Mexican
donkey and had ‘just about
as much fun. It didn’t take
too long to decide that if I
couldn’t do any better than
that I’d better stay home.

Let’s look at some ways to

. pare-down the baggage.

The raincoat: If you're
travelling off-season and
you're sure the temperatures
will be low enough so you
can wear the thing-ail the

time in comfort, bring it i

along. If not, buy a plastic
rain slicker that folds up to
nothing. Don't even consider
an umbrella - just get a
slicker with a hood. A K-
Way style jacket (with a

hood) that folds into a
pouch and can be worn
around the waist is another
alternative.

The camera: If you’re not
a real camera fiend (or a nut
that writes travel columns)
get yourself an instamatic-
type and buy lots of
postcards. If you must have
heavy-duty equipment, pare
it down. Do you need 10 ex-
tra lenses? How often will
you use flash equipment?
Buy the lightest carrying case
you can find, soft is better

than rigid. For men, this is a

good safe place to carry
tickets, passports, travellers’
cheques and wallets.

The purse: The first step is
to check your wallet.
Remove anything you won't
need - local credit cards,
thirty pictures of your kids,
Canadian coins and odd bills
and receipts. Transfer
medications and cosmetics to
light plastic containers. if
you can’t live without hand
lotion, try the smal! packets
good for one shot.

A good travel purse comes
with a minimum of four
separate zipper compart-
ments. This cuts down on
the chances of losing things
and makes finding what you
need a lot easier.

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