Preparations for My Travels

Ramblings on these topics in this post:

flying to Legazpi in the Philippines
travel budget
going out to school events in Taipei
repairing and modifying Arkel pannier bags
mosquito net, Katadyn water filter, Trangia pot set
Olympus OM-D EM-5 and lenses

Sunday January 27, 2013
It’s weird. I have to think really hard about what day and what month it is. I looked at my watch this time and saw that it was …

Cleaning Up My Bike and My Trangia Cookstove Set

Thursday December 27, 2012
8:30 a.m. at the 7-11 on Chang-An Road
My plan for last Sunday was to work on my bike, and I did just that. I first had to make room for the beast, and I moved furniture around until I had created a spot in the living room. That involved moving my sofa to the other side of my small living room and …

The Trangia Camp Stove and the New Multi-fuel Burner X2

I want to talk camp stoves. My favorite stove – and almost the only one I’ve ever used – is the Trangia. The Trangia is a unique stove out of Sweden that uses alcohol as a fuel. It’s not terribly well-known in North America, I don’t think. For a North American to understand this stove, you just have to think fondue. It’s pretty much like …