A lot of people have asked "what are you packing for a six-week long trip?" Not that much actually. We each have a backpack/suitcase and a day pack (not much smaller than the former). I have four changes of clothes, my toiletries, and the camera gear + mini laptop in my pack. Laney's contents are top secret requiring clearance level OPRAH to get the inside scoop... but I can tell you that she has the same limited space as Dave does (though her clothing requires approx 50% of the material Dave's do... Laney's that is not Oprah's...).

Because we're packing light we're hoping to avoid paying cab fare to and from our accommodations from the rail stations. Instead we hope to get away with using cheap public transport and by hoofin' it. We're mostly staying in apartments and several of those apartments have clothes washers so that enabled us to pack lighter as well. The thing that I'm most frightened by is not being able to pack a pillow. I loath the thought of sleeping on fifteen different pillows during the course of our travels...