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Like any American, traveling occasionally is just what I love doing and I bet you share the same stuff with me. But traveling does not mean that you would be safe. Escaping from our job and other stressful activities is just something that w Torres del Paine is among the biggest of Chiles national parks, occupying almost 600,000 acres (242,000 ha) of land in the south on the border with Argentina. It is also among the most important, receiving a significant proportion of domes
WhenI began traveling many years ago I carried with me $1000 Nikon camera,a $3000 laptop, $1000 camera lens, $2000 video camera, microphonescables, batteries and the lot; all part of my toolkit to operate anddevelop a successful tour operation. I was completely paranoid aboutgetting ripped off, so being the industrious type I came up with asolution; one that anyone can try.Thebiggest way that people get items stolen is what I like to call a"snatch and grab" this is where a thief will break a window on a rentalcar and steal whatever luggage he can find, break into a hotel room orwhile you're taking a nap on the train snatch luggage from the luggagebin. I came up with this idea when one time my mother and I werescouting out sightseeing places in Rome and happen to go out to thecatacombs. A car pulled in front of us to park; it was a family whoobviously had driven down from a northern European country and they hadall of their travel belongings in their Volvo. When we came back to thecar before the family had gotten back themselves we saw one windowbroken out and every single belonging of the family had been stolen.This was the single event that got me to think about ways to protectyour items when you travel that easy, inexpensive and actually works.Icame up with this idea after that incident; here's what you do. Go downto your local hardware store and go into the chain and cabledepartment, usually they have chains of various sizes and cables ofvarious sizes on reels and you can cut whatever length you need. Getthe thinnest bike cable that you can find; this is usually threefourths of an inch. Have the person in the department chop off 10 feetfor you; also have them crimp the ends of the cable so that you havetwo secure loops at each end.Thissingle item has protected me and my valuables for many years; it's easyto carry, it rolls up nice and tight, doesn't weigh a thing andactually works. Here is how you use it; if you're in a car, loop oneend of the cable around the sliding seat post of the front or passengerside seat and then the other end loops through all the handles of theluggage in the trunk or hatchback. If you don't know, most cars inEurope don't have trunks, they have hatchbacks which you can seeeverything in the back. After you loop the one end through the handlesof your bag, secure it on top to itself with a padlock. I like acombination lock and not a key lock just because there's nothing tolose (like a key); make sure the lock and the cable are well visible. Whatyou've done, is created a deterrent. Just one extra layer that all theother cars in the same parking lot don't have; if the thief actuallywants your particular luggage he can easily break the window cutthrough the handles of your luggage and take it, but he doesn't wantjust your luggage, he wants anybody's luggage that's easy to take andif you look at all the cars around that have luggage in them, none ofthem will have a cable lock. You've just created a deterrent that hasworked for me for many years.Ona train, it's the same concept. You're not allowed to take your luggageto your seat but you have to store it at the end of each car or everyother car in luggage bins; anyone getting on or off the train caneasily take any bag from bin. Tie one end of the cable around the barsof the luggage bin and tie the other through the handle of yourluggage. Chances are most thieves don't keep cable cutters with them sothey would steal someone else's bag that doesn't have this device; sogo back to your seat, relax and take a nap. Sameconcept in a hotel, just wrap the cable through the handles of yourluggage and around something fixed in the room like a sink pipe or bedframe. There you go, these simple deterrents are only that; adeterrent, making another level the thief must go through to get yourstuff. I hope this helps and I hope it keeps you and your valuableshappy for many journeys to come.
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