Packing
bicycle
I have called them to make sure they are
still providing packing service 1 month ago, the staff told me that I have to
call them again 1 week before I bring my bike to the store so they can keep empty
box for me, and bring my bike at least 2 day before the departure day.
Experimenting
on how to cook rice with camping stove
5 years ago when I was traveling In Japan,
in order to keep daily expenses low I ate toast and drink cheap milk almost every
day. Soon I found that I lost my sanity gradually 4 months after I started my
journey because of malnutrition.
I was not short of money in fact, I just
wanted to keep daily expenses as low as possible. But this time I have no
choice. If I were to travel with the budget of 10,000 US$, I just had to limit
my expenses.
Instead of eating toast, I think cooking
rice and spaghetti will keep me from malnutrition. Cooking spaghetti is easy,
but cooking rice with camping stove needs some technique and experiences. So I
think I have to try weather the method I have learned from internet works or
not, and check if the brand new stove function well or not.
1.
Wash rice. Add water into the
inner cooker with rice in the ratio 1:1. Wait for 30 minutes or so.
2. Pour
water into outer cooker and keep outer cooker wet during cooking. Put a weight(ex: stone) on the top of outer cooker,
cook on a high flame.( cook for 3 minutes and water boiled)
3.
Keep cooking for a while. (cook
for 7 minutes this time)
4. Open
and cover the cooker as fast as possible to check if rice is well cooked. Turn
off and wait for a while.(wait for 30 minutes this time)
Result:
a little bit sticky,, probably put too much water(1:1.3), but taste fine.
