Dave’s Packing Ideas from the Road

 
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As we’ve been on the road test driving our packing lists for a bit now, Dave wanted to write up this list of observations.

Travel Tip: Luggage Tags

 
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What information do you want on your luggage identification tags? While it’s true you certainly want to be found if separated from your luggage, there are a few things to consider.

Travel Tip: Multiple Uses for a Travel Padlock

 
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These things come in handy more often than  you might think. Here are some of the ways we’ve been using thus far:

South American Travel Lessons:

 
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It’s been awhile since we’ve done a hard core road trip. A couple of lessons we needed to relearn?

Book Review: Not So Funny When it Happened, Edited by Tim Cahill

 
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This book is basically a collection of brief, humorous travel essays from various writers, edited into one finished work.

Restaurant Reviews: La Canoa in the Continental Hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador

 
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Directly across the courtyard and street from the front door of the downtown cathedral is a great little restaurant in the Continental Hotel called La Canoa.

1-14-07 Hanging out at Cabanas La Tortuga in Ayampe, Ecuador

 
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How did the stay start out at our little beach paradise? Read on to find out.

1-13-07 Semi - Travel Day from Hell

 
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Lots of problem-solving and information checking with no time left for internet before catching the last bus out to Puerto Lopez from Guayaquil. How did the day progress from there?

1-12-07 Our One Day Stomping Session Through Guayaquil . . .

 
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After hanging out at the Dream Kapture travel office for a while, socializing with the staff and gathering information, we ventured out on our own to see what we could see.

1-12-07 Waking up at Dream Kapture

 
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Our first night in-country, and a late arrival at that. How would we feel about this place in the morning?