And now I understand why so many people said I must friend you :)
I'm an inveterate, type-A, OCD planner and packer. Having that taken away really does change how you go about your travels. When I worked offshore around the world, I carried nothing more than a carry-on sized travel bag and a briefcase for my work documents. Didn't matter where they sent me or what they needed doing, I could live out of that. Used the same bag when we went to Cambodia & Vietnam a few years ago, completely liberating to travel so lightly.
I'm continuing to try stripping my life back after the years of marriage and a large houseful of things around me. Being less encumbered means you travel lighter and more easily, I find it's the only way to really travel these days for me, unless I'm doing something silly like diving or racing. My best friend went from Nepal to Australia overland for 7 months with nothing more than a daypack, that's the way I plan to travel when I have the chance to do it again.
As an exercise in downsizing, a combination of these two is giving me serious jonesing, if only I could find somewhere to park it close to London for a couple of years, I reckon I can build my version for about £7k.
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Date: 2008-08-10 07:31 am (UTC)I'm an inveterate, type-A, OCD planner and packer. Having that taken away really does change how you go about your travels. When I worked offshore around the world, I carried nothing more than a carry-on sized travel bag and a briefcase for my work documents. Didn't matter where they sent me or what they needed doing, I could live out of that. Used the same bag when we went to Cambodia & Vietnam a few years ago, completely liberating to travel so lightly.
I'm continuing to try stripping my life back after the years of marriage and a large houseful of things around me. Being less encumbered means you travel lighter and more easily, I find it's the only way to really travel these days for me, unless I'm doing something silly like diving or racing. My best friend went from Nepal to Australia overland for 7 months with nothing more than a daypack, that's the way I plan to travel when I have the chance to do it again.
As an exercise in downsizing, a combination of these two is giving me serious jonesing, if only I could find somewhere to park it close to London for a couple of years, I reckon I can build my version for about £7k.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/houses/weebee/
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/houses/tarleton/
Take care lovely, I look forward to getting together again when you're home.
Hugs and love,
J.x