Go Somewhere Good

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Sandisk slotRadio is sponsoring another present for you. This time I put together a travel comfort kit with some of the things I find useful on trips, which is convenient, because I’m typing this on an airplane right now. If these look familiar, it’s because lots of them are up on Mighty Goods, where I keep all my favorite stuff.

If you win, it’s like God telling you to quit your job and wait tables in Europe. Right? Right.

F1 Two-Zip Dopp

This dopp kit is my very favorite travel thing, and it looks like Flight 001 is discontinuing them. Insanity. The bag is attractive but not twee, well-made, waterproof (so exploding hair goo won’t stain your clothes), and hyper functional. The whole top opens up, so you can see everything at a glance rather than digging around in your bag. Plus, I love how the zippers are attached to the handle, so you can close the bag and throw it in your suitcase in one swoop.

Flight 001 this is madness. Bring back the two-zip dopp, I implore you.

Inside the dopp, I packed a set of nap-anywhere products:

1. Earplugs
2. Eye Shade
3. Travel Pillow

It’s the red-eye trifecta. My preferred eye-shade and neck pillow are also both from Flight 001:

F-1 Night Shade

The one I picked is red, to match your dopp kit. Much more comfy than the crappy ones you pick up at the drugstore.

Comfort Tavel Pillow

I used to travel with one of those cushy neck pillows, but it was impossible to stow conveniently, and a pain to wash. That makes for one filthy pillow, and airplane filth is the reason Purell was invented. Unfortunately, Purell just makes your pillow all sticky.

I switched to inflatable pillows, and have found that the only comfy ones are the ones with knit or fleece covers. This one is fleece, which is a bit bulkier, but more cushy — also, easy to wash.

SlotRadio

As you might expect, our sponsor threw in a Slot Radio, which is an MP3 player that comes pre-loaded with music. It’s tiny, and it’s a time-saver if you want some new music for your trip, but don’t feel like staying up until 3 a.m. downloading stuff.

Travel Candle

For the hotel room, I always like to have a travel candle with me. It dispels funk, and calms you down, but also helps you make scent memories, so the smell of that candle will always remind you of your trip. I love when that happens.

I got you a Botanicus candle in Champagne, because it smelled good. I don’t really have a brand preference when in comes to travel candles, but if you do please tell me in comments. I’m into that stuff.

A Dagoba Organic Chocolate Bar, New Moon

I have to travel with snacks or I get hangry when my blood sugar dips. Dagoba makes satisfying, organic chocolate bars. They’re rich enough that you may actually be satisfied with a few squares. Or you can have it for breakfast. I’m not judging.

Pamela Barsky Luggage Tags

These happy luggage tags have saved me from taking the wrong luggage countless times. The best one reads, “This is not your bag.” Though I keep waiting for someone with the exact same luggage to have the exact same tag.

And that’s it! All right travelers, leave a comment telling me where you would go if you could go anywhere at all, and I’ll use the random number thingie to figure out who gets the goods. I’ll announce the winner this Friday. If you win, you have to go teach English in Vietnam. That’s the deal.

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  4. For some reason I just recently started thinking I should go to Ireland. Don’t know why. Although Trinidad has also been on my list forever.

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  5. Spain. No, I pick Portugal. No, I pick Italy. No, I pick Ireland. No, Greece. No, I mean Wales. No, make it Iceland. Or…Maine.

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  8. (LOVE this website). I would go to Hong Kong, primarily because I love to eat, and it seems like there are many, many tasty treats to be had in Hong Kong. Treats that cannot be found in central Virginia. . .

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  10. Great list, Mighty Maggie!

    I would go to China, Beijing specifically, to visit my brother who works over there. We are super-pals and don’t get a chance to see each other as much as we like, so Beijing is always at the top of my list!

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  12. I’m a particular fan of Paddywax candles…they come in nice tiny tin sizes, and the flavors are unusual. Most scented candles throw me a headache, but the Olive Tree, Sage and Fig ones are just right.

    Right about now, I could go for Puerta Arista, MX. I was there for 3 days, once…no phones, no tourists…just soft sand, clear water, and a hammock. Oh, and sea turtles.

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  13. I would go to Paris because I’ve wanted to go there my ENTIRE life and I’m 40. My husband said he’d take me for our honeymoon and then changed his mind. Divorced. My last boyfriend promised to take me there and then wanted to know where my share of the trip cost was at the last minute. Broke up.

    I’m done waiting for someone to take me. I’m going by myself as soon as I’ve saved up.

    Also, I’m totally ready to teach English in Vietnam. My sister takes supplies to orphanages there and knows peeps, so I’m ready to go.

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  16. Oh man, there are too many places to choose from. Right now I am dreaming of a trip to Amsterdam, John Irving style.

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  17. I would go to Prince Edward Island because I’m a nerd and because I didn’t get to go there for my honeymoon 6 years ago. My husband muttered something about no all inclusive deals and promptly booked us a trip to Hawaii. Along with 50 billion other honeymooners. Not that I’m bitter or anything. But Gilbert would’ve found a way to get us there.

    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  18. New York City! I have never been and my little boy is obsessed with the idea of an underground train. He recently told me that one day him and I are going to have a “date” on the subway and that “Daddy and Syl can stay at the hotel and watch a movie.”. So yeah, I think I would take him up on that!

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  22. I would love to spend a summer or a fall in Vienna. It would be amazing. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  24. Already taught English in Vietnam. =) But I want to go to India and learn classical Indian dance and Bollywood dance. And wear one of those pieces of jewelry that’s a chain with an earring on one end and a nose ring on the other.

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  25. Either India (dream destination but I’m too chicken) or Mallorca, Spain and Italy, since I have friends there who want me to visit and I love to eat!

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  27. I cannot promise that I will go to Vietnam and teach English, but I ~have been to Taiwan to visit a friend who taught English. And I even visited her school and snuggled adorable Taiwanese 5 year olds…and I’d have KILLED for an awesome kit like this when my 20 hour trip to Taipei turned into 2.5 days.

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  30. There are a thousand places I would go given the chance, but if I HAD to pick just one, I would say India. I’ve never been there, so that’s appealing. My five year old is eager to go there, and I think it would be a blast to take her along.

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  31. Here’s the thing, I love to travel but if I were to go anywhere right now, I’d want to deploy to Afghanistan to help in the capacity of my job – medic. It wouldn’t be a vacation, but worth so much more to me.

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  32. Angkor Wat is a glaring omission on my travel CV… and I plan to finally remedy that in the next year!

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  33. Right now anything warm and tropical sounds like heaven. French polynesia maybe?

    Great products.

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  34. i want to go to poland and see my grandfather’s relatives and the family graves dating back to forever.

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  35. If I could go anywhere right now, I would go to Spain, and start hiking El Camino de Santiago!

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  36. GREECE! I’ve always wanted to go to Greece. I have 1/4 greek blood, the most in my mutt make-up. Hoping to get there next summer for my 10th anniversary.

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  37. Anywhere?? New Zeland! In the meantime, I’m going to Mexico in two weeks and would love to take that stylish Dop kit with me!

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  38. I’d go to Boston to visit my mom — she’s dying of breast cancer and (since I work in California) I don’t get to see her much.

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  39. I’ve been reading this book called _Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them_. I’d like to go pretty much anywhere on the list….the Congo Basin, Peru, the Dead Sea, the Appalachian Trail…but for some reason Machu Picchu is calling me. Probably because it’s so fun to say. 🙂

    In the meantime, we’re heading to Deutschland for a Bavarian vacation.

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  40. Seoul (to go look for my roots), Seattle (because I love the Pacific NW), or back to Scotland (b/c I am apparently attracted to cold, wet, green places).

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  42. I would travel to Beijing to see my baby brother perform in an American musical review for which he was just cast. He will be working with tony-nominated choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett. I am so very very proud of him!

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  44. I’ll live in Vietnam for 6 months, if I win. For now though, I’m going to Sardinia. Is that good enough for you?

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  45. In honor of the day, I would like to take a trip to the running of the bulls (San Fermin festival) in Pamplona, Espana, one year from today! Granted, I am probably too chicken to put my own body in front of the bulls as they are running down the streets, but I will celebrate this festival in every other way possible…!

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  47. I’d be off to Scotland in a flash! A walking tour would be just the thing, as long as I bring my wellies!

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  50. I can never sleep on flights, but I bet that pillow would help! I’d love to try it while I’m on my next flight to your fair city.

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