What should we pack?
After working for LOTS of years and trying out all sorts of travel, we’ve decided we’re too old to do the backpacking route. While we’ll each have a daypack with computers and cameras, we are NOT lugging backpacks along and trying to manipulate them on buses while earning sore backs and shoulders – as much as I like massages! We’ve opted for one suitcase each plus one joint duffel bag for the safari.
I can hear everyone say “You’re taking too much.” Here’s the explanation. We can only take a soft bag on the safari and each safari bag has a 15 kilo weight limit. We’ll leave the suitcases with friends in Germany, take the duffel bags (One big and one small) and daypacks on the safari. After the safari we’ll go back to Germany to exchange the duffel bags for the suitcases. We may send things we won’t need back home unless we decide we’ll be back in Germany in the Spring. In that case, we’ll let the duffel bag spend the winter in Germany and reclaim it when we come back through. Of course the packing gets more complicated because Capetown and the Seychelles keep showing up on our destination list after we finish with the safari, meaning we need clothes for there, too.
This would be way easier if we could plan our travels so it’s always summer but starting September in Europe nixed that idea! We did eliminate the Winter Olympics in Seoul because taking THAT many winter clothes is just too much! We already have a few dedicated shelves for items we know we’ll need. Stay tuned for the packing adventures.