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The Ultimate Packing List for Costa Rica
All this week, Lost Girl Amanda Pressner will be bringing us reports from her recent trip to Costa Rica with her entire family. Any questions about traveling to Costa Rica or family-oriented activities to do while you're there? Let us know.
When I returned from my yearling round-the-world adventure with The Lost Girls back in 2007, I swore that I’d retire my trusty blue Snowgum backpack and only travel with a rolling suitcase from now on. Fast forward two years to July 2009, and you’ll see me digging around my aunt’s basement in upstate New York, trying to find the only bag I really trust to get me and my three weeks worth of clothing—across rives, through jungles and overnight buses in Costa Rica.
The first time that I had to traipse through two feet of seawater to board a boat that took me across the Gulf of Papagayo from one destination to the next, I realized that it would have been near impossible to accomplish the task with a big suitcase on wheels. Not getting rid of Big Blue was the best travel decisions I ever made (that and running away from an insane cab driver in Vietnam, but that’s another story).
While living out of a backpack for 12 months straight got pretty old on my last big trip, it did teach me one important life lesson—how to pack effectively (if not exactly lightly). Some may look at the list below and think “holy crap, girl…that’s way too much stuff!” but I truly did utilize each and everything below at least once, and usually many times during my recent Costa Rica trip.
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Jaunted in Nantucket: The Nantucket Walk of Shame
Unless you are taking JetBlue from JFK, or one of the small planes from Logan, you are more than likely boarding a ferry in Hyannis, Mass. to get yourself to Nantucket.
Last Friday we took the high speed Hy-Line, which transported us from Hyannis to Nantucket in one hour flat.
As for the Nantucket walk of shame, oh yeah, we did it.
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Adventures of Link: Pack Like A Jedi Master
· Ditch The Wheeled Luggage Crowd [Red Oxx]
· They Are Already Offering iPhone Cases [EBcases]
· Digg Says Tom Bihn Makes The Best Laptop Bag [Diggvertisement?]
· Packing Tips From The Jolie-Pitts [Jaunted]
· The Ultimate Jedi Packer [One Bag]
[Photo: Aviation Week]
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Super World Travelers: Packing Tips From The Jolie-Pitts
It sort of makes sense that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would show up to the Los Angeles premiere of "Ocean's 13" in black. Our super world travelers know nothing travels like basic black, although Ms. Jolie would probably not be caught dead in a Travelsmith little black dress... unlike some of the rest of us.
The best packing tip our world-jaunting mum ever gave us was to pick one dark color and coordinate with it, as Team Jolie-Pitt has done. Doesn't matter how much you love your navy-blue polo shirt, it's that OR the black pants. Your weapon of choice may even be khaki if you're headed to a hot place, but then you have to leave that brown skirt at home. Your luggage will thank you. Need more help? Onebag is one of the best sites on the web when it comes to actually useful packing tips. And while you're streamlining your travel must-packs, why not make a list so you can use it next time -- or better yet, send it to us and show off your awesome travel mojo.
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· Super World Travelers [Jaunted]
· Packing Tips [Jaunted]
[Photo: Just Jared]
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Giada De Laurentiis' Travel Tips
Food Network head minx/bobblehead flirt/movie biz heiress/chick with the actual culinary chops, Giada De Laurentiis, has hit Los Angeles and is done with it. This Friday, her weekend getaway in Jackson Hole, WY, will premiere at 9:30 p.m., and the episode guide promises spicy Mexican hot chocolate and a real cowboy breakfast.
Giada's also on the most recent cover of Life Magazine, and the story inside reveals that she's collected "more than 17,000 frequent-flier miles" during the show's filming. Miles that she should clearly donate to us because you know she doesn't need them anyway. But which of the genius travel tips Giada goes on to share is your favorite?
Plan AheadGiada's mild OCD insanity is evened out by her insistence on skipping airplane food, which we do usually. We also assume it's easy for her to go all Kip Hawley on us and stuff her getaway wardrobes into Ziploc bags, because her producers will be keeping her in bikinis as often as possible. Ratings.
Before I leave, I figure out all of my outfits, down to which socks and underwear I'm going to wear. Then I put each outfit in a two-gallon ziplock bag so the clothes stay ironed and clean. It takes a little extra time to pack, but it makes the vacation so much more relaxing.
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· Escape With Giada De Laurentiis [Life]
· Giada's Weekend Getaways [Food Network]
· Tonight on Food Network: Giada's LA Getaway [Jaunted]
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The Long Trip: Leave the Crap at Home
Packing for a extensive trip is an art: according to writer Tom Leffel, "The trick is to only bring things you can't find locally and to bring things that are lighter, smaller, cheaper, or of better quality than what you could find where you are going." His other tips, variations on that theme, are all good, but the one about going cold turkey on electronics is also poignant: "It's hard to mingle with the locals when the gadgets in your hands are worth more than their whole family makes in a year. [. . . . Consider] what's truly important--as a personal music player and camera are for most travelers--and leave the rest in the office or at home."
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· Gearing Up for a Long Trip [Inside Out Mag]
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Pack Smart
Fodors introduces us to 11 Ways to Pack Smarter. Many are obvious (make a list, follow the weather) and others are ones we seem to forget about when packing (do the wash and wear math, keep transit plans in mind.) Consider how far you'll be traveling and if you'll be lugging luggage the whole way...also know the local customs (if you're in Italy, bring a headscarf and avoid a lot of nasty looks. If headed home for Thanksgiving, a flask conceals nicely in an overcoat.
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· 11 Tips for Smarter Packing [Fodors]
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OneBag.com
If you're like us, we, uh, sometimes leave packing for a trip for the very last minute. There we are 15 mins before we're supposed to leave cramming our toothbrush into a plastic bag and throwing it haphazardly into the depths of the suitcase only to never see it again.
Check out Onebag.com-the definitive resource for packing. This guy's got it all (including endorsements from Britannica and PC Mag) and tells it like it is. He seems to know umpteen tricks to get the wrinkles out, has a list of necessities to print out and check off before you go, and a very reasonable way to approach it all. We will definitely be instituting some of his methods before our next trip.
