Articles about our travel gear, gadgets and packing lists.
After over twelve years of traveling around the world we've learned a few things about travel gear – what works well and what really doesn't and gets left behind. To help you choose the best travel gifts (you know, the ones that will actually get used), we've put together some of our favorite and most practical travel gear in this Ultimate Traveler Gift Guide.
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How should I pack for a hike? What should I pack for a multi-day trek? What is too much? And what is too little? How am I going to carry it all? Which hiking gear and essentials should I buy in advance and which can I buy on the ground? That's where this Ultimate Hiking Packing List comes in to answer all of those questions — and much more — to prepare you for your next adventure.
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How do you effectively pack for the Camino de Santiago — light and prepared? This is the place to find out. But first, some quick background.
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“You should do more video!”
We know, we know. We should do more video. We should be doing more with this storytelling medium.
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This is a story of what we wear — and how, when you pack so little, you’d better make it count. When all your clothes need to fit into a couple of packing cubes, every item seems precious. Multi-purposed too, … Continue Reading
These days, gadgets and flashy digital toys steal the limelight. And I'd be lying to you if I said we didn’t enjoy ours. But sometimes it’s the low-tech items that literally save the day.
From the dollar store to the health food store, we go old school for a moment and highlight some simple, non-gadgety stuff in our backpacks that we’ve come to know, rely on, and in some cases — love.
Why are you carrying a dead body with you around the world?
— A fellow traveler attempting to carry one of our backpacks.
If you've run into us on this trip, you may have noticed something of a contradiction: we appear heavily laden even though we exhibit a knack for wearing the same clothes almost every day.
“What's with that?” you might ask.
If our bags aren’t stuffed with spiffy duds for nights out on the back beach, then what on earth are we carrying?