afartherroom

If you drink a lot of coffee or tea, invest in a vacuum thermos. Make your hot drinks at home and bring your thermos along with you to work...

Another vote for Inishmore. Very rural, very peaceful, very beautiful, and small enough that you can walk across the island from the harbor...

Whuff. Well, you can't beat "free" for price, but 12 pounds is really a lot of weight, especially when it would only be for occasional...

All else being equal, I think that you might find the Jade more comfortable for SE Asia. I do love my Deva, but I mainly travel in places...

I'm so glad to hear someone else voice this suspicion! I have a 70 liter pack, and I honestly can't see how it's supposed to hold 15 liters...

For sleeping on the beach, I'd consider a lightweight free-standing tent like the MSR Hubba, REI's Quarter-Dome, or one from Big Agnes (the...

Regardless of whether you will be asked to pay up front or whether you will be treated and then billed later, you will eventually have to...

I think that's a wise choice. You wouldn't really have the time to see very much, so best save it for another day....

Have you tried them all on with weight yet?...

I usually carry my backpack with me everywhere when I travel as well. My last trip, I brought along a day pack -- and then wound up hardly...

I second Ben's recommendation. Gather together your stuff first, then see how big a pack you really need to hold it all. You may be very...

No, mr_breeze, I always had to check mine in. Hence my seething envy at those who manage with smaller bags. :)...

Indeed. That's not much more than I was paying to live in what might as well have been a shoebox in Manhattan thirty years ago. I'd no...

How fit is your friend? And is fitness the sole issue, or is comfort with heights also a consideration? Are we talking "only gentle...

Wild camping is permitted on Dartmoor, with some restrictions (not on enclosed land, out of sight of roads or dwellings, etc. Mainly common...