You are going, and planning to come back.
It is a dusty, dry, hard climate.
I worked through the region many years ago as a HD mechanic on mobile support and drilling equipment. Foundational ground support, tunnel building, all kinds of stuff.
If I had THEN what I have today. EVERYTHING would be on 3 or 4 memory sticks and EVERYTHING would stay here.. No albums of any type would go there, UNLES I was going to sell it once I got there and use the few I took with me.. 10-12 LPs, everything else on memory sticks and BACKUPS X 2 at least.. MARK them as archived music for BU only, not for resale.. Abide by the LAW....
A great place to buy THEN was Iran, the Shaw was still in power, a whole different place all together. I liked Belgium, they had Mac and Marantz at the time. Great machine shops there too. Kinda like the Finns and Swedes when it comes to machine work (just a lot better climate). There were no CDs. 4 and 8 track and a LOT of cassette, that didn't catch on here but did in that part of the world.. 10 years later it caught on in the states.
LPs were easy to find. The question was always quality..
When you prefer a 4 or 8 or cassette tape over vinyl, that is telling you something.. :-)
You need to understand mobility is VERY important, I had to bug out more than one time.. 100s of LPs and cassetts and la tea da!
THINK my friend. Figure as much WATER and food you can carry for 3-5 days and THEN protection, flack jackets are not light... Bible, carry a small one. But that can get you hurt, just so you know...
NOW carry or haul all the stereo gear you want. Don't be showing the bottoms of your feet and HOLD YOU NOSE.. It's nothing like the states AT ALL. It Stinks... Extreme body odor, to Extreme PERFUMES, to heavenly floral sent to sewage... all in the same block.
Travel safe but don't wind up like Jonah, let the good spirit guide you my friend.. Father Abraham was everyone's forefather after all.. I kept the Sabbath. Still try too..
Regards
It is a dusty, dry, hard climate.
I worked through the region many years ago as a HD mechanic on mobile support and drilling equipment. Foundational ground support, tunnel building, all kinds of stuff.
If I had THEN what I have today. EVERYTHING would be on 3 or 4 memory sticks and EVERYTHING would stay here.. No albums of any type would go there, UNLES I was going to sell it once I got there and use the few I took with me.. 10-12 LPs, everything else on memory sticks and BACKUPS X 2 at least.. MARK them as archived music for BU only, not for resale.. Abide by the LAW....
A great place to buy THEN was Iran, the Shaw was still in power, a whole different place all together. I liked Belgium, they had Mac and Marantz at the time. Great machine shops there too. Kinda like the Finns and Swedes when it comes to machine work (just a lot better climate). There were no CDs. 4 and 8 track and a LOT of cassette, that didn't catch on here but did in that part of the world.. 10 years later it caught on in the states.
LPs were easy to find. The question was always quality..
When you prefer a 4 or 8 or cassette tape over vinyl, that is telling you something.. :-)
You need to understand mobility is VERY important, I had to bug out more than one time.. 100s of LPs and cassetts and la tea da!
THINK my friend. Figure as much WATER and food you can carry for 3-5 days and THEN protection, flack jackets are not light... Bible, carry a small one. But that can get you hurt, just so you know...
NOW carry or haul all the stereo gear you want. Don't be showing the bottoms of your feet and HOLD YOU NOSE.. It's nothing like the states AT ALL. It Stinks... Extreme body odor, to Extreme PERFUMES, to heavenly floral sent to sewage... all in the same block.
Travel safe but don't wind up like Jonah, let the good spirit guide you my friend.. Father Abraham was everyone's forefather after all.. I kept the Sabbath. Still try too..
Regards