Re: [Harp-L] Harmonicas and Air Travel

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

Yes I like trains too...
 
But they are not an option here in the Philippines. This is a nation of  
thousands of islands. I wish I had a Cesna, or a helicopter!
 
If I need to travel to America or to Europe to play my harmonica at a music 
 festival... Or to get to any gig..... I have to travel "Cattle Class" on a 
 commercial airliner.
 
My harp kit weighs in at 26 pounds. Simply check your hand luggage isn't  
heavier, or larger than the allowance..
 
_http://bluesasianetwork.com/2010/12/18/the-working-tools-of-a-harmonica-pla
yer/_ 
(http://bluesasianetwork.com/2010/12/18/the-working-tools-of-a-harmonica-player/) 
 
And PLEASE pack any files, probes screw drivers, knives or such.. IN THE  
HOLD!
 
John "Whiteboy" Walden
Cebu City
Philippines
 
 
In a message dated 1/21/2011 11:28:01 P.M. Malay Peninsula Standard ,  
turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<My  advice is, Take the train!  I fly only when I have to, and I'm lucky  
<to live where there's regular train service. If we had decent public  
<rail transportation, like every other developed country in the world,  
<musicians would never have to worry about traveling with our  
<instruments. 

I like trains, and I use them when I can.   In 1998, Northwest airlines 
went on strike while I was at SPAH in Detroit, and  I returned home on Amtrak.  

But in the USA, trains in many parts  of the country are few and far 
between. It's also true that many destinations  in the USA are far enough apart to 
make travel by train a matter of days  rather than hours, which can be very 
inconvenient.