and if you're staying in budget hostels and suchlike, it's well worth taking a sleeping bag liner. Silk ones are expensive, but they pack down really small so they don't take up much precious space.
B > > > > > I know there are a few Aussies here, so I hope you don't mind if I > > pick your brains for a moment. > > > > I was born in Melbourne! Came back to the UK before my first birthday > though. > > > I'm going to be in Australia this coming May for work, and I'm taking > > some time after that's done to do some traveling. The work stuff is > in > > Melbourne, and then I'll have lots of time on my own to do whatever I > > want until my flight home takes off two weeks later from Sydney. > > > > Sounds like a great trip > > [...] > > > > P.S.: This is my first time doing any sort of solo, low-cost > traveling > > like this, so any general traveling tips would be immensely > > appreciated. > > I've done quite a lot of this over the years, in Europe, Africa and > India. > My best advice is > > 1. Travel light > 2. Be adaptable > 3. Don't travel every day > > I try to keep the luggage down to one small bag - no more than 45l > capacity, > and a small camera bag. The most effective for me has been a Pelican > 1550 > case with an Eagle Creek heavy duty strap, and a Domke F2 camera bag. > The > Pelican is secure so the expensive stuff can stay in there, locked in a > hotel room during the day, goes safely on top of buses, but it is also > good > for checking through airports with the cameras in, while you carry the > minimum of clothing in the F2. The F2 of course is your everyday > shooting > bag. > > You don't need many clothes. The rule of 3 holds good for t-shirts and > smalls. You only need 2 pairs of trousers, at most; one pair of shoes > and > one pair of flip-flips. And last, but far from least, a good towel and > ample > supplies of cleft sticks. > > Make an outline plan, so you have an idea of the places you want to go, > and > the things you want to see and photograph, but accept that you won't be > able > to stick to it because there are so many factors beyond your control. > But > treat this as part of the enjoyment, not as a problem, otherwise you'll > spend the time gnashing your teeth in frustration. > > I like to spend at least 2 or 3 nights in each place so I'm not wasting > too > much time waiting in bus and train stations, and dealing with the > logistics > of packing, unpacking, finding accommodation, schlepping stuff around. > You > have to accept that you can't see everything or go everywhere. > > Hope this helps. Enjoy. > > Ibn Battuta > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
