| Why I Like Wheels For a Backpack
|
< Older | Newer >
|
|
|
Why I Like Wheels For a Backpack
I buy a two-wheel luggage cart when I go to Europe, nothing in Europe is convenient or cheap, the worlds most expensive Continent.
I also need one for Africa, because I want to carry many books, nothing worst than being bored with nothing to do in a remote village with no electricity. For a real adventure, outside the Guidebook Path, off the Electrical Grid, I need to go heavy, I need equipment, I cannot go wimp, but I can buy a cart with wheels.
Going light is not a solution, it is not carrying what we need or want, because you are either weak, lazy, or too silly macho to use wheels, the simple invention that man has used for thousand of years, however many people are too macho to realize they makes sense.
---------------------------------
Pucallpa, Peru on Ucayali -Amazon River
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Blog of Andy HoboTraveler.com --- Free Internet Page
----------------------------------
However, for the life of me, I cannot find a way to integrate two-wheels onto a bag that does not cause problems. I can make a bag that allows a cart I purchased in the Airport to be attached.
This more or less is one of them cart you can buy in the Airport for about 30 U.S. dollars or in Mall for about 20 U.S. Dollars.
I want to carry heavy items:
1. Books, I carry seven at all times, in Africa, I will carry 15, a person cannot be a tourist 24/7, and it just is not real life.
2. Cooking equipment, this saves me about half the cost of eating and allows me to eat healthy.
3. A liter of Alcohol for cooking, sometimes I carry the lighter electric hotplate.
4. Solar Charger, Batteries, BGAN Satellite Internet Access, 2 Motorcycle Batteries to go off the Electrical grid and live for two weeks. 10 Kilos just to have these toys.
5. Food, a bag or rice ways a pound, spaghetti is heavy.
6. It is also nice to have a can of shaving cream, a bottle of hair conditioner once in awhile; I do not like to always shave with a bar of soap. (I am not going to shave my head, this is not a solution, it is a denial.)
In Asia, South America, Central America, many places in Africa, I do not walk; I take a taxi for one to two Dollars. The most I walk with a backpack is about 200 meters, until I get back on the road to catch a taxi.
I have a policy,
“I try to buy gear I can replace on the road, anywhere in the world.”
Now, this is not a black or white policy, yes or no, on or off, 1 or 2, you have to be flexible, I do carry difficult to buy items. Good backpacks violate this policy; I cannot replace them anywhere in the world. However, I can purchase a two-wheel cart at about any airport on the planet.
I am thinking I will just adapt a bag I am desiging that will allow a person to securely attach almost any cart they purchase, however targeting the types sold in Airports, because I can replace in any country. I lost one in the Turkey Airport because I forgot it; I left it behind by accident because it was not attached properly.
The shorter the trip, the more people need large bags, and wheels; because they always buy about two bags of souvenirs, they are a slave to temptations. When I carry three bags for any reason, I lose in the game of security and brains.
Survey to help me design backpack
Ten Things to Bring With You
Why I Like Wheels For a Backpack
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Airport Parking
Gatwick Parking
Holiday Insurance
Manchester Airport Parking
-------------------- advertisement ------------------- Hobo Ads ---
< Older | Newer >
Share on Facebook
Backpack | Backpacking | Gear |
Previous Posts
Kerosene and Wood Peru Stoves - Kerosene and Wood Peru StovesHere is a couple photos of interesting stoves I found in Peru, one is Kerosene and the other is a wood box full of mud, used inside a building with firewood.-------------- ...
WARNING ATM Bank Machine Esmeraldas Ecuador Banco Pachinca - WARNING ATM Bank Machine Esmeraldas Ecuador Banco PachincaA person submitted a nightmare post about an ATM or Bank Machine, called Cajero Automatica in Spanish that took his money in Esmeralda, Ecuado ...
Low Water in Amazon River Tour Problem - Low Water in Amazon River Tour ProblemAs best I understand the water on the Amazon, Ucayali and all the headwater and tributaries are now receding. I wish to fly upriver on the Rio Yurua in the Depart ...
Hotel Internet WIFI Idiot Management - Hotel Internet WIFI Idiot ManagementWoke up this morning, the Wireless WIFI Internet was not working; I walked downstairs to the Internet Room.The idiot management touched it.Do not touch what you do ...
Jamaica Smuggler Backpack - Jamaica Smuggler BackpackI accidentally came upon one of the best backpack design I have ever seen in the Iquitos, Peru Airport. It is called the Jamaica Smuggler made by a company called Stahlsac.com ...
Newer Posts
Obsessing on Windmill Backpack - Obsessing on Windmill BackpackI cannot go to the Yurua River because the river is too low, I have started to obsess again on the Windmill Backpack, me chasing the ideal, perfect, ultimate backpack des ...
Pucallpa to Cusco Peru Flight - Pucallpa to Cusco Peru Flight182 U.S. two separate tickets with Aero Condor, leaving tonight at 10:00 pm, and I get in Cusco about 12 hours later, with a long nap in the Lima, Peru airport while in Tr ...
Isolated Peru Tribes Expedition - Isolated Peru Tribes ExpeditionThis page is the table of contents page for an expedition to study isolated tribes in the Breu area of Peru near the Brazil border.I am organizing an expedition starting ...
House of the Rising Sun - House of the Rising SunA surrealistic moment in time, looking at the new day as the sun is trying to push away the morning mist over the river, I am tripping my way back towards a more normal world wh ...
Travel Haircut Tip - Travel Haircut TipI despise getting my rather long hair cut in other countries, so I have developed a method of cutting it myself.There are problems when you give yourself a haircut, besides not being ...
Reader Submitted Comments | Deleted Comments (0)
None Submitted. Be the First to Comment!
Leave a Comment
< Older | Newer >
|
|
|
|
|
