Comments on: only two more sleeps http://haikufactory.com/2006/12/14/only-two-more-sleeps/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eric brochu | Adventures in Asia, Part 11: What Have We Learned? » haiku factory http://haikufactory.com/2006/12/14/only-two-more-sleeps/comment-page-1/#comment-2637 eric brochu | Adventures in Asia, Part 11: What Have We Learned? » haiku factory Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:28:05 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2006/12/14/only-two-more-sleeps/#comment-2637 [...] I packed very light for a five-week backpacking trip, and I’m really glad I did. You can see what I took here. Oh sure, I needed to buy a few things, but they were all cheap. However, there were a few things I really wished I’d had at times. Number one was a lightweight, windproof, waterproof, hooded windbreaker. For travelling on boats, mostly, where it really can be cold, wet and windy. I even have one — I just forgot to bring it. I tried to buy one, but not until I was in the middle of nowhere, and I couldn’t find one that fit me and didn’t suck. Number two was a pair of jeans. I had a pair of light cotton pants, but just one. And while it’s always possible to get laundry done, it can easily take 24 hours before you get it back, and you don’t want to be in the mountains of Northern Thailand in the middle of winter for a day and a night in a pair of shorts. Now, persons of conventional dimensions might have been able to just pick up a pair in Asia, but my problem is, I’m too damn short for Western sizes, and too damn fat for Asian sizes. So getting a pair of off-the-rack jeans that fit me simply didn’t happen. [...] [...] I packed very light for a five-week backpacking trip, and I’m really glad I did. You can see what I took here. Oh sure, I needed to buy a few things, but they were all cheap. However, there were a few things I really wished I’d had at times. Number one was a lightweight, windproof, waterproof, hooded windbreaker. For travelling on boats, mostly, where it really can be cold, wet and windy. I even have one — I just forgot to bring it. I tried to buy one, but not until I was in the middle of nowhere, and I couldn’t find one that fit me and didn’t suck. Number two was a pair of jeans. I had a pair of light cotton pants, but just one. And while it’s always possible to get laundry done, it can easily take 24 hours before you get it back, and you don’t want to be in the mountains of Northern Thailand in the middle of winter for a day and a night in a pair of shorts. Now, persons of conventional dimensions might have been able to just pick up a pair in Asia, but my problem is, I’m too damn short for Western sizes, and too damn fat for Asian sizes. So getting a pair of off-the-rack jeans that fit me simply didn’t happen. [...]

]]> By: Eric http://haikufactory.com/2006/12/14/only-two-more-sleeps/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Eric Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:10:38 +0000 http://haikufactory.com/2006/12/14/only-two-more-sleeps/#comment-1120 As you can see, I'm travelling light. I did a practise pack and got everything into my carryon-sized backpack, including my day bag. We'll see how far I get before I need to check my bag. I hate waiting around the baggage carousel for my luggage. As you can see, I’m travelling light. I did a practise pack and got everything into my carryon-sized backpack, including my day bag. We’ll see how far I get before I need to check my bag.

I hate waiting around the baggage carousel for my luggage.

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