If your feet hurt or are cold and wet you will be miserable and curtail your activities.
Always carry an extra set of shoes.
Because:
Foot-Wear and Care
Category Archives: Travel Tips A to Z
Exercise
In my theme reveal, I revealed that I am not an athlete. I walk a fair amount and Seattle has hills so my legs are okay, however, my upper body is softer and I have a tendency to get a pain in my back if I carry an unbalanced load.
I try to work out before I travel so I am fit enough to handle a moderate activity level, and manage my suitcases.
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Decaffeinated Drinks
You can get coffee almost anywhere. There are a few places where it still hasn’t reached, and many where it is a luxury. Tea’s fine and it is available even more places than coffee. But you can’t bank on it: I have been to one hotel, at the top of Mount Tai that had neither. I really need my morning pick-me-up. But now-a-days I also need to switch to caffeine free beverages around noon.
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Crossing Streets
Traffic is a cultural experience
Local traffic is as characteristic of a place as what people wear or local food favorites. Crossing streets is a cultural experience. It is wise to think of it like jump roping: pause and watch to get the rhythm before you jump in.
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Blend in and Be Present
Be Present
While research has its place, I want to have my own experience without worrying about what I am supposed to see and feel.
I almost always study up on places before I go, to have an idea of what my options are and special significance of what I might see. Sometimes I look things up later, to better understand what I saw, but when I am somewhere I am just there.
My best memories are about things I couldn’t have planned, because I didn’t know they existed.
Aroma Therapy-Well Kind of
I am not talking about tiny, expensive, breakable bottles of essences that will do miraculous things. I have a fairly sensitive nose and how things smell matters to me. There are a lot of less than pleasant smells in the world.
Here’s are some mundane things I bring along to make things more comfortable.
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April A to Z-Travel Tips, Xingfu Style
There is an annual challenge called Blogging A to Z. Last year I gave it a whirl in China A to Z. This year I will share some travel tips. Please don’t go…
I know there are about a ka-jillion blog posts out there called “x travel tips you must follow”, “y things you need to pack” or similar. I have yet to find one that isn’t affiliate marketing. My tips are not. Nothing to buy, just some stuff I’ve learned, and maybe you can share what you’ve learned and we can have some fun.
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