We decided this weekend to do a test pack of our rucksacks. The longest we've travelled for before is 3 weeks, so to be away from home for 12 months is a little hard to get used to. Does this mean we need 15 times the clothes that we normally take with us!?!
We've been on quite a few travel sites that have advice etc on what to take on a gap year so we have chopped down our luggage quite a bit, but even so the first attempt did have the rucksacks creaking at the edges. We then had a further cut on the luggage and this is now looking a bit better.
Of course the issue we have is that we are not travelling during the year, but doing a course which requires certain items to be taken; we need sleeping bag, water bottles, binoculars, cameras (don't ask!), walking boots, walking socks and trousers, general safari gear, first aid kit, towel....then we have notebooks, diaries, bird book, amimal tracking books etc. This doesn't leave much space for general clothes - how do i convince Rachel that I really only have space for 2 pairs of pants, and that really is enough?
I think we are sorted now...until the next time we come to pack for real :)
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