14 Ways to Screw Up an International Trip
| February 18, 2019
9. Packing Too Much
You just need to walk for 30 minutes with a heavy backpack to start cursing at yourself for packing too much. If it’s 40 ºC outside and the sun is strong, you’ll probably curse 10 times more! You really don’t need this experience.
Nowadays it’s possible to find pretty much everything you might need in every big capital in the world. So, unless you need specific prescription drugs or specialized electronics, you’ll probably be fine just taking the bare essentials.
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