The nightmare of packing for airplane travel

mercredi 5 août 2009

Publié par red.impala // à mercredi, août 05, 2009 //

The nightmare of packing for airplane travel

Yes, if you have taken the plane recently you should have noticed how painful it has become to board the plane with all your belongings and how low cost companies try to make money from everything!

After the number of hand luggage limitation, their size, their weight, the additional price for checked-in luggage, the liquid interdiction... you have to be careful while booking your flight and clever while packing your suitcase.

Here below two summer packing list for hand luggage, italian version:

"Scelgo pezzi basici in tinte monochromatiche (una chiara e una scura): T-shirt manica corta e over da usare anche come vestito, canotta, pantalone ampio, pantaloncino corto, camicia. Una maglia a righe bianche e blu con maniche lunghe. Due pezzi in denim: minigonna e pantalone slim. Due cardigan, uno chiaro uno scuro. Un pareo e un foulard fantasia da usare in mille modi. Un abito leggero lungo e ampio, un abitino corto aderente, un top prezioso. Biancheria intima bianca e leggera, poi un costume intero e tre bikini. Un sandalo alto con tacco largo, un infradito in gomma, un infradito anche per la sera, una tennis leggera (Superga o Bensimon). Le zeppe indossatele durante il viaggio. In un sacchetto mettete un po' di collane e bracciali non troppo colorati da poter sovrapporre e mixare e una bella spilla per impreziosire una T-Shirt. Per chiudere il trolley (il mio è il lite gloss di Delsey: è rigido e le cose non si muovono troppo), dovrete giocare a tetris con il beauty e le scarpe (in sacchetti singoli) mentre l'abbigliamento sarà piegato e arrotolato: ce la farete!" Elle Italia, Agosto 2009.

and mine for 6 days in Hungary. It had to be polyvalent as I was staying a few days in town, including a graduation ceremony + canoeing with bivouac:

constraints: 10kg, 1 bag only (no other purse or rucksack)
liquids: max 1L in 100ml containers
luggage size: 50x20x40 cm

Finally I chose:
1 fleece jacket
1 dress (for the graduation ceremony)
1 scarf
1 skirt
1 pair of jeans
2 pair of shorts
3 T-shirts

1 sleeping bag (taking 1/4 of my suitcase)
1 hat
1 pair of sunglasses
1 swimming suit
1 pair of flip flops
1 pair of sandals (to wear with the dress)
1 pair of sneakers (to run away from crocodiles)
2x sunlotion (I30 + I50)
1 mosquito lotion
diverse tubes with your own hygiene survival kit (max 1l)

1 plastic glass , IKEA type
food plastic bags
cakes
local currency
1 book + 1 Bible
1 cellphone charger
1 digital camera charger

salad for the airport

what I should have taken and I didn't because I asked my friends to borrow me one:
towel, raining coat, mattress

what I wanted to take but couldn't:
knife, fork and bottle
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You don't need to wait for the telegram...

Ce matin-là, le monde commençait pour nous à s’émouvoir. L’opérateur de T. S. F. nous remit enfin un télégramme : deux pylônes, plantés dans le sable, nous reliaient une fois par semaine à ce monde: Courrier France-Amérique parti de Toulouse 5 h 45 stop. Passé Alicante 11 h 10. (...) En dix minutes, la nouvelle nous parvenait par Barcelone, par Casablanca, par Agadir, puis se propageait vers Dakar. Sur cinq mille kilomètres de ligne, les aéroports étaient alertés. (...) Un moteur grondait quelque part. De Toulouse jusqu’au Sénégal on cherchait à l’entendre.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Courrier Sud.

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Inspiration (2): Impalas

An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning "gazelle".

Impala range between 73 and 92 cm (29 and 36 in) tall. Average mass for a male impala is 46 to 76 kg (100 to 170 lb), while females weigh about 35 to 50 kg (77 to 110 lb). They are normally reddish-brown in color (hence the Afrikaans name of "Rooibok"), have lighter flanks and white underbellies with a characteristic "M" marking on the rear. Impalas are an ecotone species living in light woodland with little undergrowth and grassland of low to medium height. They have an irregular distribution due to dependence on free water, soils with good drainage with firm footing and moderate or less slope. While they are usually close to water in the dry season, they can go weeks without drinking when they have access to green vegetation.

Impalas are adaptable foragers. They usually switch between grazing and browsing depending on the season. During wet seasons when grasses are green and growing they graze. During dry seasons it browses foliage, shoots, forbs and seeds. It can also adapt to different habitats by being a grazer in one habitat a browser in another. Leopards, cheetahs, lions and wild dogs prey on impala.

see also: http://impala-nomade.blogspot.com/2007/08/trs-prcisement.html

Impala Nomade

mercredi 5 août 2009