Check out my latest article on The Indie Travel Podcast about how to live out of a suitcase/backpack while doing long term travel.
You may wonder how on earth you can live out of a suitcase or backpack. I can’t say it’s easy, but with a few of these tips, you’ll at least make sure your whole ‘home’ doesn’t smell like your dirty socks!
You are staring at your 4,000 cubic inches of space to fill getting ready for your long-term travel; if there was ever a time to be obsessive-compulsive, it’s now.
When you live out of a suitcase or backpack, organization is key!
These are the steps I used to manage my suitcase or backpack.
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Good idea…separate the dirty clothes in groups!
I hate to pack dirty and wet clothes!
Sometimes i cant avoid it! So i will adopt your ideas! It will help my backpack, that’s for sure!
I’m not sure when it happened, but definitely after a few months of straight travel, I didn’t think twice about the fact that I lived out of a medium-sized, 20-pound backpack.
Funny and well written. I have smelled pretty awful at times when traveling. While cycling through Africa, we could go for 6 days without a shower. Water was pretty scarce in the Sudan.
@Dave – yes – it is a wonderul feeling when you go from OMG I ONLY have a backpack to the realization that you only have a backpack and are now free to go anywhere easily! No excess stuff weighing you down!
@DaveandDeb Thank god for those ‘body wipes’…I used them on Kilimanjaro after 8 days of no showering!