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i wasn't talking about a power strip. i was talking about an extension cord. most extension cords have multiple outlets. and when there is only one plug in the room to start with, it's generally inconvenient. it's why i have 5 meter USB cables. so, pre USB cables, an extension cord would have helped a ton in rooms with a single, badly placed, outlet.

https://www.amazon.com/GE-Extension-Perfect-Kitchen-51954/dp/B00178HJ6C < see, extension cord with multiple outlets. not a power strip.

I like to take photos when I travel, but my camera doesn't have a built-in GPS. I like to be able to geotag my photos to remember where each one was if it's not obvious from the content years down the road. One way around this is to use your phone's GPS via an app and then merge it into the EXIF data using Jeffrey Friedl's Geoencoding Support plugin for Lightroom. The app I use is Open GPS Tracker. It's pretty simple. You can play with some settings like waypoint frequency, but basically you just start it when you want to track and stop it when you're through. It creates a file you can then use in many other applications to create a track map. This is good for things other than geotagging photos, too. If you like to go hiking, you can use it to plot your hike. Same with running.

You might checkout ITA Flight Matrix. You can't actually buy tickets through it, but there are sites that will help you with that part. If you find an airfare on Flight Matrix and you can't figure out how to book it with the airline, a travel agent could do it.

> I didn’t know what I needed to mail a full size application in without bending it

use these next time ;)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000078CQA

I think these are the ones I have

I'm biased (and hope I can mention this) but I wrote a book that will really give you the 101 on this stuff. If you have trouble exactly imagining the day-to-day aspects of travelling and how to find things to do, I think you'll genuinely benefit from it. https://www.amazon.com/Travel-World-Without-Worries-Inspirational-ebook/dp/B07QJZWG16

The book Vagabonding mentioned elsewhere is also good. It's a bit more philosophical about the 'why' of travel rather than practical, but I remember much enjoying it myself before I first set off.

Get yourself a copy of Rolf Potts - Vagabonding. Will answer a lot of your questions.

(And definitely try the street food)

The very best guide for the Philippines is the Jens Peters.

Summer is rainy season in Vietnam but I've never experienced it as prolonged rain for several weeks like you can get in India and Sri lanka. My experience is heavy bursts and then the sun shines. It is however very humid.

we often played a really simple version of "would you rather"

whoever has an idea says a would you rather

on countdown of 3 everyone votes thumbs up or down for one of the options and the minority drinks

it's very convenient because it doesn't need a table, cards, phone, etc.. rules are explained in 5 seconds

with the right group a fun phone game to play is Piccolo

It seems like temperature is important to you, so I'd use the Wunderground History feature to determine the rough region/latitude that has your desired weather. For example, last year in Miami, Florida in April the average low was 70. At the same time in Savannah, Georgia the average high was 74 but the all-day average was 64. After that, I'd search for cities in the given weather region that have the kinds of thing your family likes to do on vacation.

Have you ever used Alltrails? I usually use that. For instance:

https://www.alltrails.com/explore?b_tl_lat=35.66984828125556&amp;b_tl_lng=-82.43316650390625&amp;b_br_lat=35.437736107595484&amp;b_br_lng=-81.91715240478516&amp;diff[]=easy&amp;length[]=0&amp;length[]=6437

^ That is at a random spot on that route, with things filtered to 'Easy' Difficulty and under 4 miles in length. I'd just switch it to Map View, then follow I-40, clicking any close to the freeway, & seeing if they look good to you.

Yeah, I really like the roller coaster near Harper's Ferry. Not too many great views, but a nice constant section with hills. Cool hostel to stay in as well nearby. The view coming into Harper's Ferry is great as well.

Definitely not under-rated, but I climbed Khathadin in high school and it was one of the coolest places I've been. The "knifes edge" going along the final ridge is amazing. The park itself has some kayaking and cliff jumping as well

>Any hidden/little-known gems you'd recommend?

If you like hiking the Lycian way was super awesome to hike, its roughly 540km and goes through tonnes of cities, towns and ancient ruins. Took 18 days to complete for myself and id recomment the full app with gps that made following the trail really easy.

<em>Andes</em> was great. I also read The Robber of Memories by Jacobs which was a good read too.

Wade Davis wrote One River which is one of my favorite books.