Alright, let’s see where this goes…
(Best experienced with earphones)
Enjoy!
Alright, let’s see where this goes…
(Best experienced with earphones)
Enjoy!
I’ve found a new way to put myself in danger—Antarctica, the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth.
I recently participated in the Oceanwide Expeditions Antarctica Contest. An online travel competition, with the first prize being a 30-day cruise trip to one of the most spectacular Antarctic journey ever: the Ross Sea (with helicopters).
Check it:
This is where I’ll need your help Internet, to get me on that choppa and send me to Antarctica!
Help a fellow traveller out by voting for me here and find out more details about the contest and my entry in the link.
I’ll leave you with this incredible video shot by Kalle Ljung of this icebound desert.
Remember in that movie “Up in the Air”, when George Clooney gave that speech about backpacks and asked us all “How much does your life weigh“?
That was a great scene and what he said was right; moving is living.
And having more material stuff will only end up weighing us down.
“The slower we move, the faster we die,” and learning to declutter ourselves from our worldly possession is an important discipline to master when it comes to travel.
There’s definitely some skill and tact required to live such a minimalistic lifestyle. I’ve embraced the ‘carry-on’ culture for years now and I’m constantly challenging myself to go even lighter.
When I trekked Everest Base Camp in 2014, my backpack weighed about 8 kg and even then I felt it could have been lighter. There’s a certain sense of liberation to be had from carrying such a light load and I often relished in my own mobility.
My pack for the next few months weighs a total of 6 kg:
5 kg backpack and 1 kg Dive bag.
I love the SAF’s utility bags. They’re cheap, durable, and you wouldn’t think twice about strapping it to the top of a dirty bus or a moving train. The army market at the Golden Mile Food Centre is a backpacker’s haven for travel supplies and other knick-knacks you’ll need for the road. I always make it a point to head down to pick up any last minute items before a big trip.
Here’s a look of some of the things I’ll be taking with me to Thailand:
Clothing
Footwear
Tech
Supplements
Med Kit
And that’s about it.
Other miscellaneous items include toiletries (the usual soap, shampoo, toothpaste,etc.) which don’t need much mentioning. Sunscreen, lotions, insect repellant, and maybe a good book for the flight and long train/bus rides. I intend to buy everything else that I’ll need over there, including my training gear (Gloves, Hand wraps, Mouth/Shin guards, etc.) so I’ve left some empty room in my backpack for those as well.
The trick is to get rid of that inner voice inside you that keeps asking, “Do I need this?”.
90% of the time you won’t, and on the off-chance that you do need it, you could always borrow or just buy it.
I mean, do you really need that hair dryer and curler? And for goodness sake, only wankers bring their ukuleles with them, leave that shit at home.