>Stoves that burn kerosene, diesel or unleaded work well in Costa "gas blanca es no posible" Rica. Any hardware store carries kerosene cans labeled keroseno or Canfin. Surprised to see Bluet pro/butane! Denatured alcohol is also abundant for those who don't mind spending a half hour boiling a cup of water. Well, it's about 6 minutes (and 2 cups), as I recall from toying with Trangia-Mini. But it eats fuel like hell, and I can justify such a stove for a one-night hiking trip only, - then 1 oz stove and 3-5 oz of fuel makes sense. I'm still carrying it as a back-up. >In Mexico I saw some of the Coleman green bottles of propane Yes, and there are also long blue bottles of same propane (about the size of a wine bottle), with the same thread as green tanks - less stabile for screw-on-top burners, but better than nothing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 27 2005 - 16:05:10 PDT
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