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My last trip was to a foreign country, 2nd world country. I brought enough clothes for half the trip, and did laundry in the sink with locally sourced soap. Hung them in the room to dry ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Hotel laundry was prohibitively expensive, though I suppose I could've found a Laundromat ๐ค
At any rate, the towards the end of the trip we stayed somewhere with a washing machine, so we all did a load and hung them on the drying rack.
Clean clothes are important. Sometimes, MAYBE, I'll go three days on a shirt. But only for work, because I work mostly alone and don't sweat much or at all most days. But if I do? Or it gets dirty? New shirt.
In my normal life it's similar, I can MAYBE get two days from a shirt in the spring fall winter, but not summer. One and done.
Same with showers, MAYBE two days, I've done three in a pinch but it's gross. Gotta wash yourself every day. Can't believe people who don't.
Thank you for the sink-washing idea, that might have just saved my bacon, and was easier than the shower wash I was planning
i bring clothesline and sheets of laundry detergent that pack very light just need a sink or tub