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When traveling on long journeys, sometimes it feels like the hours are just dragging by. But using some of these steps, you can kill time.
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When traveling on long journeys, sometimes it feels like the hours are just dragging by. But using some of these steps, you can kill time.
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== Steps ==
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== Steps ==
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#Get a pen and some paper. You can use these simple things to play all kinds of games such as Tic-Tac-Toe, Hangman and many more. If you don't have anyone to play with, try doodling. Also, try to find a small, fold-away travel game such as chess, which you could play with someone else.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Get a pen and some paper. You can use these simple things to play all kinds of games such as Tic-Tac-Toe, Hangman and many more. If you don't have anyone to play with, try doodling. Also, try to find a small, fold-away travel game such as chess, which you could play with someone else.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring magazines or newspapers along or read the in-flight magazine or sales catalog if you're on a plane.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 2 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring magazines or newspapers along or read the in-flight magazine or sales catalog if you're on a plane.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 2 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring along an MP3 player or iPod and listen to your favorite songs. On long and crowded plane or coach trips, you could use music to drown out background noise and help you get to sleep.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 3 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring along an MP3 player or iPod and listen to your favorite songs. On long and crowded plane or coach trips, you could use music to drown out background noise and help you get to sleep.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 3 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring a portable DVD player to watch a movie.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 4 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring a portable DVD player to watch a movie.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 4 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring a portable gaming system or cell phone to play games. If you are a gamer, buy a new game or two before you go and start them during the trip.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 5 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring a portable gaming system or cell phone to play games. If you are a gamer, buy a new game or two before you go and start them during the trip.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 5 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring your laptop. It is perhaps one of the best items to take, as you can do so many things on it.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 6 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Bring your laptop. It is perhaps one of the best items to take, as you can do so many things on it.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 6 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Do some crosswords or puzzles. Not only will you pass time, but you will also be exercising your brain.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 7 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Do some crosswords or puzzles. Not only will you pass time, but you will also be exercising your brain.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 7 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Look out the window and enjoy the scenery.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 8 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Look out the window and enjoy the scenery.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 8 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Sleep! It is the best way to pass time, especially on long flights.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 9 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Sleep! It is the best way to pass time, especially on long flights.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 9 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Count the number of a certain thing as you travel
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#Count the number of a certain thing as you travel if you're in a car. (yellow cars, fast food restaurants, Volkswagen's, or license plates from different regions) If you're in an airplane, count how many people walk down the aisle, count the clouds, etc.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 10 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Play car games like the "ABC" game where you try to find each letter alphabetically as you travel on (i.e. signs, license plates, anything outside your car or vehicle).[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 11 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Play car games like the "ABC" game where you try to find each letter alphabetically as you travel on (i.e. signs, license plates, anything outside your car or vehicle).[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 11 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Listen to an
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#Listen to an audiobook. If you love a good story but reading makes you feel carsick, or if you're the one driving, this is a great alternative.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 12 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Have a conversation with someone you are traveling with.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 13 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Have a conversation with someone you are traveling with.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 13 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#If you are the driver, get a CD of a musical and sing along to the entire show. It passes at least an hour and you can work on your vocal and acting talents![[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 14 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#If you are the driver, get a CD of a musical and sing along to the entire show. It passes at least an hour and you can work on your vocal and acting talents![[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 14 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#While listening to your MP3 Player, picture the singer (or if you don't know what the singer looks like, make one up) in the window singing the song. Use your imagination, picture them running up to the car, or just singing without moving. Your friends won't even know![[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 15 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#While listening to your MP3 Player, picture the singer (or if you don't know what the singer looks like, make one up) in the window singing the song. Use your imagination, picture them running up to the car, or just singing without moving. Your friends won't even know![[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 15 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Play small pranks on people you are traveling with.[[Image:Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 16 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Play small pranks on people you are traveling with.[[Image: Pass Time While Travelling for Long Hours Step 16 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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=== Sample Travel Activities ===
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=== Sample Travel Activities ===
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[[Doc:Road Trip Checklist,Road Trip Tips and Tricks,Road Trip Games]]
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[[Doc: Road Trip Checklist, Road Trip Tips, and Tricks, Road Trip Games]]
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== Warnings ==
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== Warnings ==
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*If you are the driver, focus on driving first.
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*If you are the driver, focus on driving first.
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*If you are listening to music on a portable music player (an MP3 player or iPod), make sure that the volume is low enough that other people can't hear it and you can still hear a car honk.
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*If you are listening to music on a portable music player (an MP3 player or iPod), make sure that the volume is low enough that other people can't hear it and you can still hear a car honk.
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*If you watch a clock/
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*If you watch a clock/wristwatch, time will ''drag'' more. Turn your watch off!
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== Things You'll Need ==
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== Things You'll Need ==
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*(Depends on what you're doing)
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*(Depends on what you're doing)
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*A pillow to take a nap on
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*A pillow to take a nap on
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*Electronics (like computer to play games on)
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*Electronics (like a computer to play games on)
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== Related wikiHows ==
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