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I just bought a new backpack for my month of travel in Vietnam starting on Monday!!! New gear! Whoopee! Now I know how those of you who have bought new stuff feel!
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I could pretty much do that too -- if not for the camera gear!Dusty wrote:Come on, Henry, a Marine should be able to go 3 days with everything he needs in just a butt-pack!![]()
I usually buy stuff when I see a real use for it and a clear identifiable way it can help me out. I hate to get even a slightly bigger backpack, but with all the digital stuff I carry these days it just finally became necessary. I can tell you though that when I travel I always see people with much larger backpacks and people comment on how small mine is. The funny thing is that they don't even carry any camera gear other than maybe a little digicam.KevinBarrett wrote:I love these guilt-free G.A.S. indulgences. It's the really practical purchases that feel the best.
Carrying too much is always something one has to watch out for! It is so easy to think, "Well, just one more thing...."Birma wrote:Ah! Sweet GASCongrats on the new pack Henry. I recently aquired a new photo pack (kata 33-N-1). I fell in to the "buy it too big" trap. I can put some much kit in it that it is way too heavy for hiking. Is is a great pack - as long as I don't try to fill it up
. I agree that camera kit is really heavy compared to just about anything else you'd want to travel with.
I will try to make occasional updates. I have been going back and forth about carrying the netbook, but it sure came in handy in Egypt and these days so many guesthouses, hostels, hotels have wifi. I plan to take my standard travel camera kit:Birma wrote: I expect there are several of us looking forward to your trip Henry. Do you have any plans about where you're going and what you want to see? Will you be giving us any updates during the trip? What lens are you taking?
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