Travel Lessons with My Family
By Leo Babauta
In the past year or so I’ve traveled more than ever, for both work and family reasons:
A tour of southern Europe with 5 of our kids and Eva in summer 2012
NYC (with a vegan tour) with Eva in fall 2012
Maui with all 6 kids and Eva in January 2013
Japan, on an awesome train trip and cherry blossom festivals with Tynan and some new friends, in March-April 2013
NYC with all 6 kids and Eva, again sampling the vegan delights, in June 2013
Portland & Eugene for the World Domination Summit and to visit family, with Eva and some of the kids, in July 2013
Los Angeles with all 6 kids and Eva in July 2013
For me, a person who enjoys staying home and enjoying the simple pleasures, it’s been a bit crazy. I don’t normally think of myself as a traveler, but the evidence is against that. I’m a traveler now.
And during it all, I’ve been taking notes. I’d like to share them with you here — my lessons learned in the past year or so of traveling.
Traveling Lightly
For me, the traveling lightly philosophy isn’t just in what you pack (though that’s a good part of it), but in how you approach travel.
Here are some lessons learned:
For most people, a backpack of 24-, 18- or even 16-liters is enough. I’ve traveled with a 16-liter backpack for weeks with no problems. I think we tend to bring more because of fear that we might need more.
Wash clothes in the sink and hang them overnight. Bam. You just eliminated the...
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