And one for the boys...

Chris at The Art of Nonconformity strictly conforms to the light travel philosophy:

The overriding philosophy of my packing list is to keep it as simple as possible. That’s basic, I know, but very important. At least for me, travel stress is directly proportionate to the amount of stuff I carry around. I don’t own a backpack and haven’t willingly checked a bag on one of my extended adventures.

Extended adventures indeed. He’s working on visiting every country in the world and he’s moe than halfway there at 111 out of 197. Vist his lovely site to read this excellent piece on light travel philosophy.

Comments

[K-eM]

It's great to see information and ideas about packing light when traveling to non-Western countries. It can be a completely different experience, especially if you are not traveling for what I call "high end" travel for business or to a resort. But it can also be more critical to pack light since you never know what kind of circumstances you may have to deal with. Non-Western travel is much more unpredictable.

[Till]

Hm...? I am not really impressed. Sure, the philosophy goes in the right direction, but three bags? A stack of magazines? A full-blown computer AND an Iphone touch AND a Nintendo?

He travels to warm countries in the second to third world and with this packing list (three t-shirts one dress shirt) washes his clothes only once on a two-week trip? Yummy! Especially for his running outfit, unless he goes running only once.

He uses a roller and a back pack and a day bag. Seems to me he could at least skip the day bag. With something like the Tristar he could probably do with a single bag, plus maybe one of those really thin, foldable nylon back packs. Those are very practical. Or just get a shopping bag once you are at the destination. Much less conspicuous, too.

The blog looks interesting, though, altogether. Thanks for the link.