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Travelers Tip: Good bye hat, hello cap

You may have noticed this cream colored fedora arrive in our photos a few weeks ago when we first arrived in Greece. It was a reluctant purchase and not very expensive but I probably carried the hat around as much as I wore it. It doesn’t block the sun all that well as the brim is not very big and you have to constantly shape it or it turns into a mess. You can’t pack it in a back because it’s made of paper and it will crunch and become unwearable. After carrying it all over Greece, Egypt, and Turkey i’ve decided I need to put the hat down. I placed it on a railing inside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul took a photo and walked away. The hat was claimed by some lucky traveler, because it was gone by the time we got back. I’ve replaced the hat with a cap that’s much more travel friendly and can be stuffed into a suitcase and holds it’s shape even when abused.

athensHat

R.I.P
July 23, 2012 – August 11th, 2012

istanbulHat

My new hat, hopefully it will serve me well in Africa and beyond.

Travelers Tip

You’re a traveler, it’s hot, it’s been hot for the past few weeks. You have run out of clean clothes, you are on your third, maybe even your fourth day wearing your cleanest smelling shirt and it’s not by any stretch of the imagination clean. You could even possibly be making your backpack or hand bag smelly just by putting it on. Showers aren’t cutting it anymore, the stink goes right through your deodorant, and you need a solution. If in Europe or in most western countries, you will find pharmacies, department stores, duty free shops in airports, or possibly markets with cosmetics counters. Here you will find an impressive array of perfumes and colognes with the label TESTER written on them. These are your friends, find something subtle and natural, you don’t want to walk around smelling like Drakkar Noir do you? You can spray down your pits, your pack, anything that you might have contaminated and voila! Now you don’t have to huddle in the corner of the train hoping that no one realizes it’s you that’s making them hold their breath.

Testers