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What we packed wrong at the start
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Travel Venture Four
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Hey Reader, We massively overpacked. Like… embarrassingly so. At the start of this trip, we had bags full of “just in case” stuff. Extra clothes. Backup shoes. Things we might need. And within the first couple of weeks, we realised: We weren’t using half of it. The worst offenders? Jeans. They’re heavy, slow to dry, and take up way too much space. We each packed a pair thinking they’d be useful. They weren’t. Same with extra shoes. Each of us had more than we needed, and they just became dead...
Hey Reader, After a few months of traveling like this, one thing has become pretty clear. There isn’t one big change that makes everything easier. It’s not: finding the perfect place booking everything at the right time or having some kind of ideal plan It’s smaller things. How the day flows.How much you try to fit in.Whether things feel rushed… or not. We’ve had days in amazing places that just didn’t land. And other days, somewhere simple, that felt exactly right. That difference started to...
Hey Reader, We used to just turn up to places and figure it out when we got there. Sometimes it worked. Other times… it didn’t. Standing in line with kids is one of those things that feels fine for the first few minutes. Then it drags. Everyone gets restless.You’re not really enjoying anything.And you start wondering if it was even worth it. We had a few days like that early on. Nothing major went wrong, just time slipping away in places we didn’t expect. Queues. Waiting around.Moving slower...