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Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / October 2005Rucksack questions
Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 onwards. 1. I cannot find any good guides on the best way to pack a rucksack. I'd imagine the heaviest items are placed higher up to reduce back pain but is there a common method for packing? 2. You are advised to cable lock your rucksack to an imovable object but how do you attach it? The only things to attach it to appear to be the handles and surely those can be easily cut. Is there something that I am missing here. Is there a better method of doing things? Thanks... > Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be > traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'd imagine the heaviest items are placed higher up to reduce back pain > but is there a common method for packing? Don't worry about it. After a couple of days you can always re-pack. > 2. You are advised to cable lock your rucksack to an imovable object > but how do you attach it? The only things to attach it to appear to be > the handles and surely those can be easily cut. Is there something that > I am missing here. Is there a better method of doing things? There is a lock that looks like a fishnet. It goes all the way around the pack. Check out an outdoor store or a travel store. > Thanks... >>Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be >>traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Don't worry about it. After a couple of days you can always re-pack. Also, after a few days weight distribution will cease to matter and your rucksack will be packed least used things on the bottom, most used things on top. Lots of Greetings! Volker > > Don't worry about it. After a couple of days you can always re-pack. > Also, after a few days weight distribution will cease to matter and > your rucksack will be packed least used things on the bottom, most used > things on top. What's wrong with a bag with wheels ? Much easier to pack and unpack.  SignatureAlfred Molon http://www.molon.de - 6000 photos from Asia, Africa and Europe >>>Don't worry about it. After a couple of days you can always re-pack. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > What's wrong with a bag with wheels ? Much easier to pack and unpack. Depends on your mode of transport. If you want to move on your own feet outside the airport for more than a few hundred metres, a backpack is the way to go. Also, with a backpack you've both hands free. Lots of Greetings! Volker > > What's wrong with a bag with wheels ? Much easier to pack and unpack. > Depends on your mode of transport. If you want to move on your own > feet outside the airport for more than a few hundred metres, a > backpack is the way to go. Also, with a backpack you've both hands > free. For more than a few hundred metres simply take a taxi (quite cheap in SE Asia). Well, you might enjoy walking around with a heavy backpack, but unless you visit the remotest of places, you don't have to cover larger distances with a piece of luggage. There is usually always some rentable means of transport. I also used to travel with a backpack, then switched last year to a suitcase with wheels. I still wonder why I didn't do so already years ago - much more comfortable and convenient. SignatureAlfred Molon http://www.molon.de - 6000 photos from Asia, Africa and Europe > What's wrong with a bag with wheels ? Much easier to pack and unpack. Works if you're taking taxis everywhere and give yourself lots of time to get through airports, etc. However, I find it way too slow for my get-there-at-the-last-minute style (with a backpack it's easy to jog or even sprint) and too cumbersome for urban train stations and the like. miguel SignatureHit The Road! Photos from 38 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Burma; Hong Kong; Macau; Amsterdam; Grand Canyon; Amman Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu "Miguel Cruz" <mnc@admin.u.nu> kirjoitti viestissä:XrqdnSre1bFGQv7eRVn-og@speakeasy.net... >> What's wrong with a bag with wheels ? Much easier to pack and unpack. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > (with a backpack it's easy to jog or even sprint) and too cumbersome for > urban train stations and the like. Hah! True hardcore travellers don't carry along anything else but the cloths they are wearing on. > Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be > traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I'd imagine the heaviest items are placed higher up to reduce back pain > but is there a common method for packing? most important rule in backpacking to SEA: bring the LEAST amount of stuff as is possible! I arrived into Bangkok, with a completely full backpack, and I literally had to dump that backpack in storage, buy a new one, and proceeded to fill the new one up within 6 weeks. Bring two t-shirts, 7 underwear, 4 pairs socks, 2 pair zip-off trousers/shorts, 1 pair GOOD(!) sandals, 1 hat... plus medicals, mozzie net, small flashlight, money, passport. That's all you need when you arrive. Signature"I hear ma train a comin' ... hear freedom comin" >>Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be >>traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > net, small flashlight, money, passport. That's all you need when you > arrive. Socks and sandals? Lots of Greetings! Volker >>>Hi there. I have a few questions regarding my rucksack. I'll be >>>traveling to South-East Asia for six months from New Years Eve 2005 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> arrive. > Socks and sandals? shoes too.. duh ;) Signature"I hear ma train a comin' ... hear freedom comin" |
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