Category: Gear
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Full, Unedited Packing List for Nine-Plus Months of Travelling
Packing is an incredibly serious ordeal, especially when you have to carry your life on your back for nine months or more. This list took me months to perfect and I tested it out (in almost its complete form) during a week-long family trip to Ocean City in October. Itβs funny, because my backpack was…
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Let’s talk packing cubes! Plus other organizational accessories

Until a few months ago, I didn’t really know what packing cubes were. Now, I can’t imagine travelling without them! (And I haven’t even tried them out IRL yet.) Having read about them on the PackHacker website (can you tell I love that site?) I decided that I simply needed them. More organization? Space savers?…
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I picked my backpack! π

To backpack around the world you need . . . a backpack! I started looking at packs earlier this summer. I did most of my reading on PackHacker and they give some super-useful tips for deciding what you want in a bag and what to look for in terms of materials. They also have a…