A Cheap Bastard's Guide To Traveling | The Expeditioner Travel Magazine Pan-American Transmissions Part 3: Costa Rica “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. They warned us about Costa Rica. Young travelers, broke travelers, I-do-this-for-a-living travelers — they all sped through it. “The Switzerland of Central America” they called it. Sure, Costa Rica is significantly more expensive than its neighbors, but this alone is no reason to skip a country so full of lush biodiversity and untamed landscapes. As I wrote in my last post, you don’t need money to travel. Ania and I passed a few weeks exploring Costa Rica’s cloud forests and Caribbean beaches. The following is a cheap bastard’s guide to traveling. When done right, traveling can be cheaper than staying at home. Hitchhike First for a reason. Don’t feel safe riding with strangers? Bring a tent Lonely Planet, Schmonely Schmanet Couchsurfing
BackpackGearTest.org - Home Page Camp for Free in B.C. - please post yours below! Over 1100 British Columbia Recreation Sites have been created throughout B.C. These campsites, many of which are are located near great hiking and fishing areas. 373 Forest Recreation sites, now simply called “Recreation Sites”, and 200 trails are managed through service contracts or partnership agreements. The Agreements are administrated through the BC provincial government division – RSTBC (Recreation Sites and Trails B.C.) in partnership with recreation groups, First Nations, forest companies, regional districts, private organizations and other entities. Of course, many TracksAndTrails.ca visitors and other groups volunteer their time and services to help maintain recreation sites, trails and facilities across British Columbia. There are three types of recreation sites: The Joys of Camping For Free in British Columbia Managed with fees, Managed without fees, and User maintained. The following document lists all BC Forest Rec Sites Campin at Damer Lake
Backpacking Stove Now comes the time to choose a backpacking stove. You may be tempted to skip this discussion altogether thinking, “I don’t need a backpacking stove at all. I will either cook over a small fire and eliminate the weight completely or carry food that does not need to be cooked.” This is NOT your best option for two reasons: (1) because of camp fire ring scars left on the natural environment, many heavily traveled areas ban fires of any kind. Now that we have established the practicality of the carrying a stove, let’s discuss our options. Four basic types are available. First, there is a wood burner or hobo stove. A second type of backpacking stove is the alcohol burner. Canister backpacking stoves are a good choice when flame control is desired. onto a fuel canister containing compressed propane or butane. The final option is the liquid fuel burner which primarily burns white gas. Among liquid gas burners, a variety of options exist. The Right Choice
LIGHTWEIGHT - Backpacking & Hiking Resources Anne and Monica - StumbleUpon DIY - Single Use Antibiotic Packs | Brian's Backpacking Blog The ongoing trend in the consumer market of providing small, ready-to-go, individual size packages of consumables has been a win-win for the lightweight and ultralight backpacking communities. Always looking to shave a few extra ounces or grams off of our overall pack weight, these individual servings are the perfect fit for trail snacks, drinks, condiments - you name it. However, these nicely packaged individual servings can come at a premium. They can often be pricy or difficult to find without going online and ordering in bulk +shipping. That's when the creative types among us come up with ingenious solutions that lets us make our own alternatives using things we usually have lying around. Which brings me to today's topic - individual size packages of antibiotic cream. We're going to make very small, single use packets of antibiotic ointment using a generic alternative to Neosporin and a clean (unused) drinking straw. I've yet to have one of these burst or fail on me.
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