Ask Cancuk about backpacking/independant travel.

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thx. any basic tips for the first timer that havent already been mentioned?

[WhoIam]

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living for months out of a backpack seems crazy. dont you get tired of lugging that huge thing around and walking all the time?

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This is why I like to set up a "home base" and take short trips from there. I have two huge suitcases and a carryon because I could be out of the US for up to a year and don't like living like a refugee. Of course this doesn't count as "backpacking," but it's an option to consider.

[Cancuk]

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living for months out of a backpack seems crazy. dont you get tired of lugging that huge thing around and walking all the time?

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This is why I like to set up a "home base" and take short trips from there. I have two huge suitcases and a carryon because I could be out of the US for up to a year and don't like living like a refugee. Of course this doesn't count as "backpacking," but it's an option to consider.

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Jesus. I couldn't imagine hauling around suitcases....

Truthfully it's not that bad out of a backpack. There's some pretty big, badass ones, and you can fit a lot of [censored] in there.... most of it you'll never use, but you could, if you wanted.

[Cancuk]

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thx. any basic tips for the first timer that havent already been mentioned?

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I think this question has already been answered.. it's in there somewhere.

Don't be afraid would be my best advice.

[gamblore99]

Cancuk,
Do you carry your knapsack on the plane? How much did you spend on it?

[TheMetetron]

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I will be getting a new passport before I leave, so I think I could show the new one to Israel hostile countries, and the Israel stamped one from Israel friendly countries.

[/ QUOTE ] The government takes your old passport when you get a new one. DUCY?

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That's not true. Usually they just invalidate it and return it to you.

[Cancuk]

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Cancuk,
Do you carry your knapsack on the plane? How much did you spend on it?

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What's a knapsack? Do you mean big backpack, or day bag? If it's my daybag, that goes with me everywhere and usually has most of my important [censored] in it if it's not in my underwallet.

I don't know how much I spent on it. Just a normal smallish school-like backpack.

[Cancuk]

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I will be getting a new passport before I leave, so I think I could show the new one to Israel hostile countries, and the Israel stamped one from Israel friendly countries.

[/ QUOTE ] The government takes your old passport when you get a new one. DUCY?

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That's not true. Usually they just invalidate it and return it to you.

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Ya, in Canada they just cut the corner off... .because we're so hi-tech.

[gamblore99]

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What's a knapsack? Do you mean big backpack, or day bag? If it's my daybag, that goes with me everywhere and usually has most of my important [censored] in it if it's not in my underwallet.

I don't know how much I spent on it. Just a normal smallish school-like backpack.


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Ya. Big Backpack. So you carry a small bag with you at all times, and a big backpack which you check at the planes? This seems like the best idea, as I will want to go on some short 3-4 day trips in some places and don't wanna carry around my big backpack. However carrying around two backpacks will kind of suck.

[WhoIam]

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I will be getting a new passport before I leave, so I think I could show the new one to Israel hostile countries, and the Israel stamped one from Israel friendly countries.

[/ QUOTE ] The government takes your old passport when you get a new one. DUCY?

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That's not true. Usually they just invalidate it and return it to you.

[/ QUOTE ]Really? I got a new one in January and they kept the old one. Now how am I supposed to prove I've been to Portugal?