Go stingy but be efficient. I get people asking me “where would you buy clothes from” and my response is “a clothes shop”. It might sound obvious but many people think that only the Western world has shops that sell stuff. In actual fact I genuinely can’t think of anything you can’t buy and that isn’t readily available in most countries we’ve been to. Of course not everyone wants to take an empty bag and then go shopping in situ, and so we always take everything we need, topping up or replacing items as we go. I should also point out that you can get laundry done at most budget hotels/hostels and independently all over the world and the general cost is around $1 per kg. What you pack you carry, it’s that simple. Clothes Generally we pack for about a week, with enough underwear to last a week, but…
