FYI Travelling

"rw" wrote


The most prudent course is to ship crucial stuff ahead of time.



I guess you mean ship it to your outfitter/ guide for the trip? Is there
a way to ship stuff to yourself when you don't have a contact of any sort in
your destination?

Larry L ( who got sidetracked by family milestones this downunder season but
still hopes to spend a few months 'troutbumming' in Patagonia and New
Zealand in future seasons and is trying to figure out all the logistics.
For instance, I'd want to take my WaterMaster and backpacking tent/ stove/
sleeping bag etc etc ... what is the cheapest and safest way to get a
fairly large quanity of stuff to a place where you can collect it after
getting a rental vehicle ...... I'm pretty much travel ignorant.. 'cept in
my truck )

Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


The most prudent course is to ship crucial stuff ahead of time.




I guess you mean ship it to your outfitter/ guide for the trip? Is there
a way to ship stuff to yourself when you don't have a contact of any sort in
your destination?

Larry L ( who got sidetracked by family milestones this downunder season but
still hopes to spend a few months 'troutbumming' in Patagonia and New
Zealand in future seasons and is trying to figure out all the logistics.
For instance, I'd want to take my WaterMaster and backpacking tent/ stove/
sleeping bag etc etc ... what is the cheapest and safest way to get a
fairly large quanity of stuff to a place where you can collect it after
getting a rental vehicle ...... I'm pretty much travel ignorant.. 'cept in
my truck )



If you're making a hotel reservation for your arrival they'll probably
accept a shipment in your name.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Jan 7, 1:43*am, rw wrote:
Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote

The most prudent course is to ship crucial stuff ahead of time.

I guess you mean ship it to your outfitter/ guide for the trip? * * Is there
a way to ship stuff to yourself when you don't have a contact of any sort in
your destination?

Larry L ( who got sidetracked by family milestones this downunder season but
still hopes to spend a few months 'troutbumming' in Patagonia and New
Zealand in future seasons and is trying to figure out all the logistics..
For instance, I'd want to take my WaterMaster and backpacking tent/ stove/
sleeping bag etc etc *... what is the cheapest and safest way to get a
fairly large quanity of stuff to a place where you can collect it after
getting a rental vehicle ...... *I'm pretty much travel ignorant.. 'cept in
my truck )

If you're making a hotel reservation for your arrival they'll probably
accept a shipment in your name.

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If its within the US, you can mail it to the local post office
addressed to 'your name c/o General Delivery' and they will hold it
until you show up with an ID.
http://www.usps.com/receive/choicesf...therplaces.htm

This also works in pretty much every county, except you address it to
"your name c/o Poste Restante" instead. The system is as secure as
anything in that country...which goes both ways. In genreal, its very
reliable and commonly used among backpackers, etc.
http://www.peru-explorer.com/poste_restante.htm

--riverman

On Jan 7, 1:11*am, "Larry L" wrote:

For instance, I'd want to take my WaterMaster and backpacking tent/ stove/
sleeping bag etc etc *... what is the cheapest and safest way to get a
fairly large quanity of stuff to a place where you can collect it after
getting a rental vehicle ...... *

The best way I have found to get stuff between countries (and you KNOW
I know what I'm talking about...) is to pack it in an action packer
and bring it on your flight as excess baggage. It arrives with you,
and its cheap to do.

The only glitch is if it is too long, which should be avoidable if you
have collapsable tent poles, etc, and if it is flammable (fuel tanks
for camp stoves, lanterns, etc). You can get around that by opening
them up and drying them and shipping them with the lids off (this
avoids them triggering the x-ray machine), or just buy local when you
arrive (which ensures that you get utilities that run off of fuel
cells available locally).

Don't underestimate how different things are outside the US before you
ship certain things over. You will probably find that your propane-
powered stove or lantern runs off of a completely different type of
fuel cell than is available anywhere else in the world, and that you
cannot get the proper mantles either. If you have a white-gas stove,
then you will discover that its impossible to find pure grade Coleman
white gas like we get in the US. Rather than invest in an
'international' Firefly stove that runs off of 'dirty' fuel (for $200
from REI), just buy a local stove from a local shop when you get
overseas, probably better quality than the REI stove and for 1/10th
the price.

Most airlines I know of allow considerable baggage to/from the US as
opposed to to/from other places (two bags at 36 kilos each instead of
a total of 20 kilos) and charge a reasonable rate for excess baggage
($120 for a third 36 kilo bag vs $20 per extra kilo). When I moved to
HongKong, we shipped 16 action packers loaded to the maximum allowable
weight because it was cheaper than shipping our stuff freight.

--riverman

"riverman" wrote


Don't underestimate how different things are outside the US before you
ship certain things over. You will probably find that your propane-
powered stove or lantern runs off of a completely different type of
fuel cell than is available anywhere else in the world, and that you
cannot get the proper mantles either. If you have a white-gas stove,
then you will discover that its impossible to find pure grade Coleman
white gas like we get in the US. Rather than invest in an
'international' Firefly stove that runs off of 'dirty' fuel (for $200
from REI), just buy a local stove from a local shop when you get
overseas, probably better quality than the REI stove and for 1/10th
the price.




Thanks for the info/advice .... I'd actually been coveting that silly
MSR stove ( mainly because MSR and I go way back ... I have a 40+ year old
MSR ice ax ( their first product) around here somewhere ... and therefore it
sparks my nostalgia ;-)