Around the world with 7 kilos

Read how an Aussie family goes light and right around the world:

“Travelling light means washing our “smalls” each night, inventively hanging them on wheelie-bag handles and other protrusions to dry. In retrospect, with clean, dry hiking socks at a premium, colour coding would have been a good idea. Fortunately, as hoped, our natural fabric clothing, of silk, cotton and wool, withstands several wears before requiring washing - and, between B&Bs and hotel lodgings, friends kindly show us their washing machines as well as the sights.” - article here

Update on April 25, 2008 by Frank@OBOW

The concept of sinkwashing only your underclothing has merit if your trip is not during warm weather. You can in fact rely on natural fiber clothing which can be aired out and worn a few times unless it is really soiled. The problem - unless you have lightweight wool or linen - is weight. Cotton clothing is heavy. For warm weather, packing enough cotton clothing to wear a fresh outfit every day makes for a very heavy and bulky load. You may be able to rely on hotel or coin laundry depending on where and how you travel. But beware: I’ve been on 10-day trips in Europe where not one of five or six hotels had laundry service of any kind.