Date: May 9th, 2005 |
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To keep yourself comfortable during the long walk in the wilderness, you need proper clothing. And the first place to go hunt for that is nowhere else but your closet.
Any pair of loose-fitting trousers made from breathable material but a little thicker than your pyjamas should be fine. Actually, you can even use the old slacks you no longer wear to work if you want to. Just make sure there’s no opening for the leeches to sneak in.
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Date: May 2nd, 2005 |
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Eliminate Fuzz
Hate walking out of a restaurant with your black pants covered in white napkin lint? The Good Housekeeping Institute found that the Lint Card Personal Lint Remover (79 cents; available at The Container Store; impresimage.com) easily removes lint, dust and even pet hair from your clothes and auto upholstery. The size of a credit card, it fits neatly into wallets.
From Great Road-Trip Travel Gear
Date: April 22nd, 2005 |
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Normally, I don’t need an electronic translator when I travel, because my companion speaks six languages. She was my version of “The Interpreter.” And she doesn’t run on batteries.
There was, however, that time in Plzen in the Czech Republic, when I had the desperate urge for a famous bowl of beer soup with bread cubes and egg yolks. Marta was stymied. Czech to her was a foreign language.
Out came the pocket-size English-to-Czech translator. I punched in a description, hi
Date: April 22nd, 2005 |
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When I travel, I’m a one-man show without an IT organization behind me to support my connectivity. That’s particularly frightening at Wi-Fi hotspots, where enterprise users can be secure using their company’s virtual private network (VPN).
One solution for the rest of us is to use service-by-service encryption, such as using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for retrieving e-mail messages, but VPNs are better because capture and encrypt all incoming and outgoing data. Combined with a firewall and an anti-virus program,
Date: April 18th, 2005 |
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One is a an outspoken, speed-loving presenter with a penchant for fast cars.
The other is a gentle-humoured, travel journalist who enjoys nothing more than a ride on the back of a camel.
Now it seems Jeremy Clarkson and Michael Palin are about to meet head on.
From BBC Presenters Clash
Who would have thought that a simple cross training shoe could be tough enough to handle extreme day hikes to the peak or handle even the most challenging of boulder fields. The Oboz Hyalite Cross-Training Shoes are true multi-sport footwear for the outdoor enthusiast. Stay comfortable on the trail no matter what it throws at you by wearing the Oboz Hyalite Cross-Trainin
The North Face Mountain Guide Jacket – Classic hard shell jacket