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Luggage: How to Travel for OSEA Field School
As you start thinking about traveling and preparing yourself, consider that you want to have THREE pieces of luggage, no more. I guess less is viable but only if you really travel very very light. But your research equipment itself, argues agains this as a likely possibility.
One should be a large piece of luggage; its your choice if you want a large suitcase with rollers, a duffle bag with rollers or a large back pack. This bag will carry the majority of your clothes, some heavy things, e.g., books, batteries, toiletries, gifts, and non-fragile belongings. A few fragile but not irreplacebles can be packed into the clothing for protection. This piece goes to checked luggage.
The second luggage should be an overnight-short travel bag; this would be something that you can use for your 4-day break and can also load light or heavy for different purposes. You want something that is comfy to use whether stuffed to the brim or packed light and loose. This should also go to checked luggage.
The third should be a multi-functional carry on bag or small, roller carryon; on your flight you will want to load this with your valuables: laptop, cameras, flashdrives, hardrives, glasses, passport, etc. This is a carry on that you never let go. Never.
In addition you can take a small “personal” bag – a purse, briefcase, or some other smallish bag. You can actually carry all sorts of fragiles in this in addition to your personals.
Remember when you fly into Cancún the colder the airplane gets the closer you get to Cancún. WHY? because the turn the AC on colder and colder. Thus it is actually colder on the airplane that when you got on the airplane in Detroit or Upstate NY. The busses in Yucatán will also have AC. This AC is believe it or not BRUTAL. It will make you sick and you should have ready on your flight and bus travel a decent light sweater or something that keeps you warm. Seriously. I am being serious!
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