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Our late Spring travel tips are provided by Matthew Teller
Before my first trip to Antarctica, I got onto Twitter and was yapping about what gear to buy and how cold it might be, when the calmest piece of travel wisdom social media has ever seen came out of the blue at me. ‘Forget the cold, it’ll melt your heart' . . .
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Our Spring travel tips are provided by Nicholas Laing of Steppes Travel
Carry a small Polaroid camera (they are back in fashion). Handing over a photograph to the individual or family you want to photograph breaks the ice and usually results in smiles all round . .
For anyone embarking on a camel journey.
Get in touch with cameleers young and old, normal and eccentric (they’re mostly eccentric) and download their top tips. There are plenty out there in this country alone . .
Read MoreFrom John Gimlette, travel writer
Carry pictures of your family. They are a great way of communicating your harmlessness, especially where language is an issue. If you don’t have family, take pictures of the Royal family. They are often a source of interest.
Pack a tin of sardines in countries where foodmight become tricky. They are good for emergencies but just sufficiently unappetising that you won’t be tempted to eat them prematurely.
Take your old work shirts (those with frayed collars etc). Cotton is great in all climates, and you can give them awayas you go. I often come back with an empty suitcase!
If you think you’re in an unsafepart of town, avoid eye-contact, look as if you know where you’re going and do not display a guide book.
Try and avoid Western-style food in countries that have their own distinct cuisine. It may not have been cooked properly, and may have been sitting around for ages. Even in big hotels, the Indian variant of the full English Breakfast can be lethal.
From Hugh Thomson, traveller, writer and film-maker.
Always ask for a better room in a hotel at the same price. Because there always is one; Take teabags . . .
From Rose Baring and Barnaby Rogerson - our own husband and wife publishing team - a little less cerebral than the Woolfs, but possibly better travelled!
Last week we were asked to talk to some travel-hungry teenagers trying to escape thinking about revision who had started to dream of life after their exams were over in July. We tried to remember what it was like . . .
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