How to Lose Your Luggage [A Travellers Guide]

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A detailed guide to how to avoid baggage fees and backaches on vacation by leaving your bags behind. Get the slice…
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How to Lose Your Luggage [A Travellers Guide]
1

Ungrow a sack.

This ain’t your first day of kindergarten–you don’t need some big hunkin’ backpack. ‘Keep your packing list limited to essential items that fit in your pants pockets–passport, credit card, cash, camera, charger, and toothbrush.’ And don’t rock a monkey belt: They scream, ‘Mug me’ in whatever the local language happens to be.
2

Don’t bring what you can buy.

Most of your ‘indispensable’ toiletries are available everywhere. In the developing world, toothpaste, shampoo, shaving cream, laundry detergent, even painkillers and antimalarials can be purchased in single-use packets for pennies.
3

Bare threads.

Rock a pair of dark-colored quick-dry pants that can mask stains and will have you looking classy when night falls. Before setting off take your paints to a tailor to have them sew in a hidden interior pocket for a passport. As for undies, wear two pairs of boxers and wash the outer one on rotation.
4

Forgo flip-flops.

Don’t do anything open-toe. You’ll regret it the second you step in a juicy pile of goat doo doo. Get a pair of cross-trainers that’ll work on the beach and pass as shoes when you visit finer establishments.
5

Stay connected.

Pick up a local pre-paid SIM card for your tablet. ‘A year back I was in Madagascar during a coup d’etat. Martial law was declared, and I was hiding in an alley after some army thugs fired machine guns at me for being out after curfew. I texted an ex-girlfriend in France, who translated my way to safety.’
6

Creature discomforts.

This is not a style of travel for those accustomed to mints on pillows and on-demand TV. It’s all about seeing where the day takes you and making new friends. If you can handle keeping odd hours, nodding off in a train station on occasion, and washing your own clothes, this could be the adventured you’ve been waiting for.

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