Useful Travel Tips - TIWIK #9

1. You can use Google Maps offline on your phone: preload the maps you need while you are connected to wifi (remember to zoom in close enough), then the GPS will be able to geolocate you on those even when you’re offline.

2. Never eat right near tourist attractions: terrible overpriced food guaranteed. Have a look through the backstreets, and go where not everyone is carrying a camera!

3. Pack at least two days before leaving. That way you have an extra day to figure out everything you forgot.

4. Don’t forget your toothbrush/pyjamas/phone charger.

5. Power-nap: you can’t spend the day roaming the streets of a city, running from one sight to the other, and then go out all night for too many days in a row. Unless you nap for an hour before dinner: energy levels restored, you’re good to go.

6. Pack a small padlock; in most hostels you will need it to close your locker and protect your most precious belongings.

7. If a restaurant looks suspicious, don’t order meat. Or dairy. Or mushrooms.

8. Don’t just follow your travel buddies around: learn your own way around the city.

9. Ditch folding and start rolling your clothes. Unbelievable suitcase space gain!

10. When traveling for more than a week, chuck a few rest days in your travel plan: relax, sleep, read your book, rest your mind. Then leave again, feeling like a million dollars.