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Feb
4
2008
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3:33am Backpackers: Emergency Hostel Door Lock

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - If I was a backpacker, especially female, and doing a lot of hostels I’d invest £5.85 in a ‘Howsar Lock‘. This simple, cheap, light device slides infront of the door latch and sits in the latch hole replacing it. It then protrudes out allowing you t[...] Read More »


Oct
26
2007
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2:58pm Gear Mega Round Up: Nov 2007

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Team Geared Up) - I haven’t done one of these in a while so I’m going to start getting back to doing this regularly. I’m only going to do one this month but I think I’ll do them bi-monthly. In the mean time I’ve done this very large post of some o[...] Read More »


Sep
27
2007
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10:39am MaxRoam: The Backpackers SIM Card

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Pat Phelan from Cork, Ireland, emailed me this morning to say MaxRoam is now live. This is a truly global project for all world travellers, backpackers & tourists! This is “The Sim That Doesn’t Know You’re Travelling”… MaxRoam lets y[...] Read More »