Traveler's Advice:Thou shalt and not...

23 years of traveling and having some good and bad experience with it, it always starts with what to wear, what to bring, and what not to bring. According to this picture above, I can not afford Louis Vuitton luggages. The good tip to buy a luggage that it is durable and solid color. Most of all, it should have wheels. I will explain more below. Always travel in style... aviod being looked at like tourist or rich socialite. Make them see you as daring and dashing adventurer or spy... My inspiration is Carmen Sandiego and Indiana Jones. I wish we live in an era when everyone could own fedora hat and trench coat. Nowadays, they are ridiculously expensive.



Don't bring or ever wear flowerly shirt enough to make you look like a flowerpot. Unless you are in Hawaii, but actual and authentic Hawaiin shirts that are cotton made, not silk.



Even don't bring flowerly skirt or long skirt. You can bring a short denim skirt black tights like what my cousin, Mischel, is wearing.




I know flower patterned skirt is nice but when you travel with comfortable shoe, it doesn't look nice.

My cousin, Mischel, gives a good example:



She is a better world traveler than me. She always travel in style.

Don't paint your nails black because you would go to a country that would judge you as Goth or weird rather than just a fashion sense.

Shoes are important part of traveling, because you can not bring too many shoes in luggage. It is maximum to bring two luggages for an international flight. So bring three comfortable but nice shoes. You need a rubber shoe, ballet shoe (for girls), nice walking leather loafers (for guys), and party shoe. Sandals are optional especially for warm place. Don't ever bring platform sandals. I am not big fan of crocs. I will show you examples below. The leather or cotton made thongs are better than plastic ones. Plastic ones makes it look cheap. As for rubber shoe, don't wear overly high top or bright or bulky sneakers. Be sure to bring boots when you are going to colder climate.

walking shoe you should avoid:

big white and bulky sneakers:


walking shoe you should try:




you could also try out mary jane walking shoe:




I am wearing this:



you also need a shoe is also good for walking but it is also nice. It is good for attending smart business casual events or etc. Like going to museums or nice restaurant. I suggest ballet shoe because it is comfortable and acceptable to social events.



high heels are fine but please no platform because you would never know there are some places that have uneven floors. Katie Holmes Cruise fell down walking in high heels.







Don't wear socks with your sandals.




For guys, bring nice walking loafers. This is what I mean:



You have to be modest with your clothes, and I know you are rolling your eyes. Most of you guys know that I am Mormon or LDS or member of cult... whatever. =) The thing is that there are other countries like India and Thailand expect you to cover yourselves before entering into their temple. I know it is hot but avoid going into extremes.

Avoid wearing spaghetti straps anywhere you go unless you bring thin cotton sweater or jacket or at the beach. You may look more like tourist rather than a world traveler.



Bring some jeans!

Bring jacket please even going to a warm place.

Please avoid bringing or wearing a shirt with cartoon and also that represents your country. It is underrated. Even though wearing a shirt said I love Hong Kong and walking around in that in Hong Kong is plain weird and cheesy. Please no offensive t-shirt even though a shirt that said like "I am with Stupid." It is good to be patriotic but it is too superficial. I'll you example and here is a man in France:



I went to visit Alexandra's House near Prince Building in Hong Kong, everyone were wearing their office wear looking very fine and great, but all of sudden I saw an American tourist wearing Southerner's Confederate shirt. You will never know that it may offend someone. Then, just wear it in your hometown. College shirts are better than that.

Anyway, that's all I can suggest. =) If you have any other questions, be sure to drop your comments. If you don't agree with what I am saying, please let me know. I am open minded with everything I can.

I mentioned luggage and of course we can not afford Louis Vuitton luggage. I suggest you to bring simple but nice durable bag that has one solid color with no pattern. I suggest black, blue, or maroon color. You should avoid bulky ones and also the ones you have to carry or drag it a lot. Buy or bring the luggage that would never have problem with zipper. For example, my dad bought really cheap luggage and then the zipper is bad and it fell open leaving the clothes all over the luggage claim. Make sure your luggage has wheels and easy to stroll along.

You will have a great time!