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Packing light for a cold trip

Filed under: Asia, ChinaI'm a proud packer, but until now my longer trips have either been in warm places, or to countries where I planned to be very stationary (and didn't care if I looked like a 20-something grungy backpacker, because that's what I... ...full story at Gadling

from Gadling on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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