Travelin` Tips

So.... I read in a travelling book about things that you should bring when you are travelling. There were many excellent ideas and I followed many of them such as

• bringing along `certain`tummy medications... definitely worth it if you plan on eating at a large national chain coffee drink or a global fast food restaurant. Don`t worry about it if you are eating in the market where you are only an aisle away from people cutting raw meat to bbq fresh for interested parties... you`ll be fine there.
• sunscreen... such a nice thing to need when you felt like Nanook of the North beforehand
• handwash cold water laundry detergent... really important when you are traveling light

One of the ones that I didn`t follow was a sink stopper or a traveling clothes line for a washroom. This is an excellent idea... as demonstrated by KC traveling

• In a warm climate, you`ll need to wash your clothes often
• Trying to keep water in a sink without a sink stopper is a challenge
• You can bravely try to fill a shopping bag full of water at the shower head while her sister is still sleeping

This leads to my traveling wisdom for you

• Cold water wash means COLD water that you have to stick your hand in
• Bags tend to lose their shape when they are filled with water
• Cold water wakes you up really quickly when the bag loses shape and gushes all over you... we`re talking soprano singing here!
• Canvas shopping bag tends to lose water really quickly and so you have to scrub your clothes quickly
• Hanging the clothes on a clothes hanger on the shower head is a great idea (at home!) but the dripping shower head won`t let your clothes dry
• You can quickly have your hotel neighbors get to know you by having to hang your clothes on your window in the rapidly setting sun

So lesson learned. If you are going to travel. Take a sink stopper!