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Q: I am storing a suitcase full of stuff at my college. At the storage site, I saw how luggage was stacked one on top of another. As some of the suitcases are probably very heavy, and as my suitcase will be stored there for a few months, I am wondering about the correct way to store the luggage to minimize the damage for the suitcases at the bottom of the pile. Should the cases be stacked sideways (as depicted in this image) or should they be stacked with the largest face pointing up (as depicted in this image)? Or would the two storage methods be equivalent? Finally how sturdy should a typical relatively new soft-case suitcase be?


A: How should I be stacking luggage?
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Q: In September 2012, I travelled by speedboat from Gásluokta/Kjøpsvik to Vuodnabahta/Hellemobotn in Divtasvuona/Tysfjord, Norway.  One of the timetabled stops along the way is Tjierrekluokta/Nordbukta.  To my surprise, the boat at one point stopped seemingly in the middle of the fjord, in the pitch black darkness of a late September evening.  After half a minute or so, a small boat came rowing from the void, took one passenger and his luggage, and rowed back.  I asked other passengers, and they said that since there is no pier in Tjierrekluokta/Nordbukta, travellers have to do the last bit my themselves, rowing.

Well, this information was not at all reported in the timetable.  Fortunately the place where we were starting our hike (Vuodnabahta/Hellemobotn) did have a pier and we could simply get there.  Is there any resource from where I can tell whether I need to make special arrangements to reach a particular timetabled stop for a boat?  Or does the company operating the boats take care of this if people cannot arrange it by themselves?  Is the situation I describe rather unique, or does this more commonly occur in rural boat routes in Norway?


A: Pierless ferry stops in Norway, might one have to arrange own transportation for the final meters?
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Q: My passport is swiss and I am living at Vancouver (with a student Visa valid until 2018) and I have a valid ESTA (until July 2016). Around July 15, I'll be crossing the border (between Vancouver and Seattle) to hitchhike in the USA along the west coast for about 2 weeks or 1 month.

At the moment I'll pass the border, I won't be able to indicate where I'll spend my first night. I won't be able to accurately say how much time I'll spend in the USA. Is it an issue?


A:
Entering USA as a tourist without any plan
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