The Lonely Planet China has ~1040 pages and weights over 800g. It's a monster! And I don't even need all of it. So I decided to dismantle it. It is a rather easy process.
You need: the book, a hair-drier, a small scissor and a pair of cloves to protect your hands from the heat
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First: remove the softcover from the pages by heating up the side of the book.
Then: remove each section one by one by melting the clue and cutting the strings.
DONE! My revamped China guide is now only 400g and 100% useful :) On the plus side, on a day to day basis, I will be able to take along with me only the few relevant pages and not the all book. They should think of a way to make pull-out chapter as they do pull-out maps.
Le Lonely Planet Chine a ~1040 pages et pèse 800g. C'est un mastodonte! Et je n'ai même pas besoin de toutes les parties. Donc c'est décidé, je le démonte. C'est d'ailleurs plutôt facile.
Matériel: le livre, un sèche-cheveux, un petit ciseau et des gants pour vous protéger de la chaleur.
Etape 1: séparer la couverture des pages en chauffant la tranche et tirant gentiment.
Etape 2: enlever les parties une à une en fondant la colle et coupant les fils
Et voilà! Ma version du guide ne pèse plus que 400g et me sera à 100% utile! En plus, une fois sur place je pourrai me balader avec juste le petit bout nécessaire chaque jour. Je pense qu'il devrait faire des guides 'démontables', ça serait vraiment pratique.
Your travel guide is too big, make it slimmer!
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
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