I’m moving. After three years while a pit stop in Costa Rica, I hit the road again-which means have to reacquaint themselves with the specific skills of living out of his backpack. You would think with nine years experience trekking around the world, I’m going to have mastered the art of “less is more” package. But as I was preparing for the outing open to Africa, I have packed, unpacked and repacked my bags so many times that my father was the last day of sale guest resembles barn Barney–sans the label Designer.
I’ve been downsized from 55/65 45 liter packages think that would help me edit. But I found a way to squeeze as much clothing into a smaller space: vacuum bags, a deceptively brilliant. Further, I color code my wardrobe is streamlined so that I can mix-and-match clothing like Barbie traveling. I carry no cosmetics, blow dry styling products or heavy, even put my fancy face cream into the mailbag-lock consideration of weight. I slip a feather-light computer into the pockets of the day and had to remove all electronics but for the most needed. And still, in spite of this concession, I can’t get enough of my burden.
To be honest, I’m a bit “bourgeois hippie,” which basically means that while I can sleep in a tent, crashes in the squat and otherwise rough it, I maintain my right adulation to pack personal style with a sleeping bag. And unfortunately, “backpacker chic” need to carry around a foreign clothing and do not need to remove the display of bling.
In General, people on the trail backpacking seems to have a much easier. They are happy minimalists. Some t-shirts, some pairs of jeans and fur seems sufficient. Some get away with even less than the almost non-existent. Toiletry bag expat girlfriends in India is made up of toothbrush that he broke in half and small pasta tubes pushed into glasses case.
Nomadic people don’t seem to care what they wear or how often they use them. This is not a criticism but induced envy observations. I have been reading the blog writing man where the author reveals the ease in which he embraced the lifestyle-”Wanderer”-set with only what fits comfortably in a small package, never buy anything other than the important things and throw stuff along the way.