My travel checklist
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Carry-on
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- Passport
- EP
- Cash (SGD + local currency)
- Credit cards
- Home key
- Reservations (Transport + Hotel + Entrance + Insurance)
- Mobile + Charger + Adapter
- Maps
- Emergency contact
- Money belt
- Small notebook, pen
- Camera + charger
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Clothing
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- Shirts
- Pants
- Dresses
- Nightwear
- Underwear
- Jacket/Sweater
- Shoes
- Socks
- Swimsuit
- Hat
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Climbing stuff
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- Hiking shoes + comfort shoes
- Wool socks
- Fleece jacket
- Wind breaker
- Gloves
- Beanie
- Track pants
- Head torch + battery
- Hiking pole (x2)
- Raincoat
- Water purification tab
- Energy food (chocolate, nuts)
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Necessities
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- Watch
- Sunscreen
- Aloe Vera
- Medicine (Panadol, Salonpas, band aid, dầu gió)
- Makeup
- Towel
- Toothbrush + Toothpaste + Floss
- Body wash, hair wash
- Hygiene products
- Comb, hairpin, nail clipper, tweezers
- Razor
- Toilet paper / Tissues / Wet tissues
- Plastic bags
- Neck pillow
- Bag’s locks & keys
- Bag’s name tag
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For Home
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- Dau gio (xanh, trang, vang)
- Salonpas
- Panadol
- Chocolate
- Mut trai cay kho
- Bee Cheng Hiang
- Banh ngot
(Sưu tầm) Ba việc
Trên đời này có ba việc:
- Việc của bản thân
- Việc của người khác
- Việc của ông trời
Chúng ta thường buồn phiền là do:
- Quên mất việc của bản thân
- Thích xen vào việc của người khác
- Lo lắng về việc của ông trời
Muốn vui vẻ, hãy:
- Làm tốt việc của bản thân
- Đừng xen vào việc của người khác
- Đừng nghĩ về việc của ông trời
(Đọc trên Facebook)
If (Rudyard Kipling)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son.(Read from Bác Hai’s Facebook)
Climb Gunung Rinjani 3,726m (30 May 15 – 6 Jun 15)
The tour we took
+ 5D4N Rinjani Trek On Deluxe Plus Service with John’s Adventure (30 May 15 – 3 Jun 15) – Click here to download tour detail
+ Price: USD 345/pax (we had a group of 3)
+ Price include: airport pickup, 1 night hotel stay (dinner not included), 1 tour guide, 3 porters, mountain entrance fee, food and drinks for 4-day climb, airport send-off
+ Tip to guide and porters: USD 5-10/guide/day.
+ If you need extra porters, USD 25/day per porter.
+ Review of tour package: Overall a very nice experience. Capable and very kind tour guides and porters. John is very responsive to my questions before and after the booking.
How’s Rinjani climb
It is tiring but totally doable for beginners, proof: I was able to drag myself to the summit (much later than my group though).
Our tour guide taught us this Italian phrase: “piano, piano”, meaning “slowly slowly” or “little by little”. We said it a lot during the climb. I love it.
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