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Choosing the Right Backpack
Backpack is one hell of important thing which can either ruin your trip completely or give you an altogether new level of comfort for the entire length of your tour, no matter how long and short it is. Pick a large backpack and it will add up lot of extra weight and will probably not fit into most of airline hand carry compartments, too small and you have to miss so many important things. Pick the Wrong material and all the stuff will be soaked when it rains.
It took me some couple of hours of internet searching for a good backpack which should accompany me for the next 6-8 years of my non-stop travels. The features i looked for a nice backpack were
Water Resistant
One of the main feature i looked for was the material of the backpack. It should be 100% waterproof without a single drop entering inside the pack. it should able me to drop a complete cup of water on it and nothing gets wet inside. I have no plans to travel in the downpour or monsoon seasons but i could get caught with the unexpected showers in the way an
d i dont want my cloths inside the pack get wet.
Lockable Zippers
Just to make all my belongings safe, the big and the small compartments should be lockable so that i don’t have to fear about my money, passport,camera,laptop and other valuables being taken away by the pickpockets or someone putting anything inside my bag or nasty baggage handler at the airport taking something from the pack
Comfortable Hip Belt
A comfortable Hip belt with proper cushioning will make a journey more comfortable. I just focused on this very important aspect because a good Hip belt will not only provide extra support but also share the load of the backpack and distribute the load evenly on the entire body.
Shoulder Straps with Good Padding
To make shoulders free from any injury thick padded shoulder straps are must-to-have in any backpack. These pads should be made of single piece so that they don’t break and split into two and thin out.
Comfortable Cushioning at the Back
The major problem one can have while carrying a backpack is troubled back. In order to comfort your back and not to develope backache look for a thick padded back contours which can act as airy bags between the luggage compartment and the back to pass the air to keep you lightly cool.
Right Size
A Backpack with appropriate size to fit your torso and hold maximum of your belongings is the one to look for. it should not look like a tall building at your back and neither a small one overflowing your stuff and making you an odd figure. it should be able to hold all your all must-have stuff including jeans,T-shirts,pair of shoes, undergarments, socks, laptop, camera, passport, some important documents etc. it should feel nice at your back.
Multiple compartments
A pack with multiple compartments will make your life easy. Separate portions of all the things will give easy access to what you are looking for instead taking everything out just to find the lens of your camera
Strong Internal Frame
Go for a backpack which is good in size and weigh very light and this is only possible if its made of a light but hard to break material. The main compartment is the one area which is going to have maximum of the weight of your stuff so prefer to have a backpack whose frame is very light and may be made of hard plastic or fibreglass.
How much money to be spent on a Backpack
This is the worrisome aspect of the entire talk, a good backpack with all the listed qualities would cost between 150-300 USD. There would be brands who have the extra whistles and specs you dont need as a traveler so go for the main features which should make your travel a pleasant experience rather than extra makeup which will ultimately be hard on your pocket. The backpack i am looking for should not be more than 200 USD
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The First Step
It was a cold night of March, 2013. Zak and I were sitting outside McDonald and were enjoying hot gossips with chill breeze. Among the laughs, Zak changed the tone and uttered in a low but firm voice ‘Lets go to Europe… Thirty days of non-stop entertainment… Two of us!!!’ The words became our dream since then.
Now in the January of 2014, I am sitting excited, overjoyed, and thrilled… writing this first ever blog. Both of us have purchased our tickets today for a lifetime experience in August, 2014. The very feel of have a ticket in our hands is itself very good to have. The trip we just thought of ten months ago is now being realized! Europe here we come…
The purpose of writing this blog is to introduce to new travellers with fictitious and self-imposed fears. Its our story, but its everybody story. Let me tell you if you have thought of moving out in the world, you have become traveller. Now behave like one, face the challenges, keep yourself motivated, and move on…step by step…ahead!
I am going to talk about few fear factors you might have, if you think of jumping into the vastness of the World.
Fear Factor 1 : Money
Money is first and foremost fear factor. One of two questions may arise: From where shall I gather enough money to make a good trip? or The money I have is required at more important places than travelling?
Well, the answer to first question is that if you can make a day to day living, you have enough money to go to any part of the world. Once we thought of the trip, we had no money then. It took us these ten months to collect dime by dime to make a purchase of ticket. Honestly, we are left with just few bucks now, but we still have time till August to collect some more dimes. Nothing extraordinary we did. We just kept ourselves motivated through discussions and talks and reading and browsing and thinking and what not and what not…and every day of motivation saved us dimes we could have spent just like that for nothing. And this trick is very much applicable. Set realistic goals for yourself, and you will achieve them.
The answer to second question is more interesting. Just calculate how much you earned and spent since you were able to earn. The most expensive of all was your education, which took so many years…and all you have are few papers known as certificates or degrees to show them to people that how much effort was put to grab them. Just like that travelling will give make you more literate and the proof will be your stamped passport pages and used boarding cards. You will gain what you thought of, and you will tell it to the world that you have the best of eduction!!!
Fear Factor 2 : The Family
You might be married and parenting kids like us, might be having low earning family like we have, might be having materialistic people around you who weigh everything in terms of brand of car or year or purchase of new LED TV or land like we do, might be surrounded by taunting fellows like we are. But there is nothing to worry. Just think if you die today, what will become of everybody else. They will surely survive, and will not be impacted much materialistically. I don’t ask you to die…just disappear from their lives for few days…and come back. I assure you things won’t change to negative side. Throw this fear out, and stop listening to everybody else except your heart.
Fear Factor 3 : The Job
Those of you who are doing some job, don’t worry to take few days leave from your desk. If your boss says no to your leave application, he probably is testing if you can accept slavery for few bucks. Tell him nicely but firmly, and don’t loose heart. Go, get yourself out in the World, and tell your boss that this blogger guy assures him that you will be more productive to the organization than before. Trust me!!!
Fear Factor 4 : Within
This is the worst fear. Fear of unknown. It generates from within. Remember, the dreams have realizations past fears. Whenever you fear of unknown, just remember that you are making yourself very weak person…and if you kept on with this, world will start to hate you pretty soon!!!
If you have any other fear, let us know, and we can counsel you. But I must tell you, travelling is life, and life is travelling. Don’t let life reach its destination before you sort out your dreams.
Happy travelling…
Travel With Two (TW2) 