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Turtle Camp What to Pack
Shirts. Bring up to five short-sleeved shirts or t-shirts in a cotton/polyester blend.
Pants. Bring two pairs: one lightweight cotton and another super-lightweight. Jeans can be too hot for summer travel, but ok for evenings. Linen is best. Many like lightweight pants/shorts with zip-off legs. Button-down wallet pockets are safest.
Shorts. Take a few pair with pockets — doubles as a swimsuit for guys.
Swimsuits.
Underwear and socks. Bring seven sets.
One pair of shoes. Take a well-used, light, and cool pair, with Vibram-type soles and good traction. Sturdy, low-profile tennis shoes with a good tread are fine and one pair of sandals.
Jacket. Bring a light and water-resistant windbreaker with a hood.
Tie or scarf. For instant respectability, bring anything lightweight that can break the monotony and make you look snazzy.
Money belt. It's essential for the peace of mind it brings. Lightweight and low-profile beige is best.
Money. Bring your preferred mix of a credit card, debit card, an emergency stash of hard cash, and a couple of personal checks. You can rely on a debit card for ATM withdrawals also.
Documents and photocopies. Bring your passport, airline ticket, driver's license, student ID, notarized parental permissions papers for immigration, if applicable. For added protection, make photo copies of everything and carry these separately in your luggage and keep the originals in your money belt.
Small daypack. A small daypack is great for carrying your camera, literature, and picnic goodies. Fanny packs (small bags with thief-friendly zippers on a belt) are a popular alternative, but are magnets for pickpockets and should never be used as money belts.
Camera. A digital camera and single huge memory card means no more bulky bags of film. A mini-tripod allows you to take crisp shots in low light with no flash.
Sealable plastic baggies. Get a variety of sizes. They're ideal for packing leftover picnic food, containing wetness, and bagging potential leaks before they happen. The two-gallon jumbo size is handy for packing clothing.
Water bottle. The plastic half-liter mineral water bottles.
Wristwatch. A built-in alarm is handy. Otherwise, pack a small * travel alarm clock .
Medicine and vitamins. Keep medicine in original containers, if possible, with legible prescriptions.
Extra eyeglasses, contact lenses, and prescriptions. Many travelers find their otherwise-comfortable contacts are not comfortable. Bring your glasses just in case.
Sunscreen and sunglasses.
Toiletries kit. Put all squeeze bottles in sealable plastic baggies, since pressure changes in flight cause even good bottles to leak. Consider a vacation from cosmetics. Bring a little toilet paper or tissue packets. Fingernail clippers and tweezers are also handy..
Shampoo/ crème rinse.
Sewing kit. Clothes age rapidly while traveling. Take along a few safety pins and buttons.
Address list. A list of e-mail and mailing addresses will help you keep in touch. You can send mass e-mails as you go (bring a shrunk-down print-out of your e-mail address book in case you can't access it online). Or if you prefer to send postcards, consider typing your mail list onto a sheet of adhesive address labels before you leave. You'll know exactly who you've written to, and the labels will be perfectly legible.
Postcards from home and photos of your family. A sealable plastic baggie of show-and-tell pictures is always a great conversation piece with Europeans you meet.
Small notepad and pen. A tiny notepad in your back pocket is a great organizer, reminder, and communication aid (for sale in European stationery stores).
Journal. An empty book to be filled with the experiences of your trip will be your most treasured souvenir. Attach a photocopied calendar page of your itinerary. Use a hardbound type designed to last a lifetime, rather than a spiral notebook. The rugged, black, and simple Moleskine notebooks have a cult following among travel writers
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Optional Bring-Alongs ...
Nightshirt. Especially for women.
Light warm-up suit. Use for pajamas, evening lounge outfit, instant modest street wear, smuggling things, and going down the hall.
Spot remover. Bring Shout wipes or a dab of Goop grease remover in a film canister.
Teva-type sandals or flip-flops.
Inflatable pillow (or "neck nest"). For snoozing on the plane.
Small flashlight. Handy for reading under the sheets after "lights out" in the hostel, late-night trips down the hall, exploring castle dungeons, and hypnotizing street thieves. Tiny-but-powerful LED flashlights — about the size of your thumb — are extremely bright, compact, and lightweight.
Radio, Walkman, MP3 player, or recorder. Partners can bring a Y-jack for two sets of earphones. Some travelers use microcassette recorders to record pipe organs, tours, or journal entries. Some recorders have radios, adding a new dimension to your experience.
Adapters. Electrical plugs.
Stronger light bulbs. You can buy these in Europe to give your cheap hotel room more brightness than the 40-watt norm.
Office supplies. Bring paper, an envelope of envelopes, and some sticky notes such as Post-Its to keep your place in your guidebook.
Small roll of duct tape.
Mailing tube. Great for art lovers, this protects the posters and prints you buy along your trip. You can trim it to fit inside your backpack (though this obviously limits the dimensions of the posters you can carry).
A good paperback. There's plenty of empty time on a trip to either be bored or enjoy some good reading. If you're desperate, popular American paperbacks are available in European airports and major train stations (usually for more than double their American price).
Insect repellent. Especially for France and Italy.
Collapsible umbrella.
Poncho. Hard-core vagabonds use a poncho — more versatile than a tarp — as protection in a rainstorm, a ground cloth for sleeping, or a beach or picnic blanket.
Gifts. Local kids love T-shirts and gardeners appreciate flower seeds.
We have the following services ...
Laundry service: will be available to all campers. If you are staying for longer than one week, you will note on your invoice a ‘laundry fee'. We will be able to send out the laundry once a week and you will be able to wash one laundry bag full of clothes at a time.
Phone Service: is now easy. Money cards of $5.00 or $10.00 can be bought at the office. Public phone is on premises.
Water: We chlorinate and filter all the tap water. Also we provide bottled water in all the rooms for drinking.
Electricity: Regular 110.
Maid service: Daily
Television: 8 channels
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