First time backpacker? I've been to few places with my backpack and it was way better than carrying a duffle bag or a stroley. Well, it depends upon your own choice how are you travelling but a backpack gives chances to roam around the area on foot like locals. You don't really carry your suitcase in a local spice market, do you!!


Lately, I've been planning a lot for my future trips. Some to tourist places and other to normal routine places. Now being a student, I don't really have flights for those trips and I usually travel by trains. (cheap and best). After looking on too many options, I found that a backpack would be most suitable for my journeys.

Now, packing a backpack is an art in itself. You can't just throw your stuff in. You actually have to pack it. So here are few very simple hacks to provide you with a fully loaded bag that won't disappoint you.

First thing I would suggest is that "roll up your denims and shirts". It looks weird some times because you might want to fold your shirts in a very cliche method. That's just not for backpacks!
Rolling them up would occupy lesser space and keep them least wrinkled.

Second important thing that I felt is the space for water bottle. Always carry a light weight bottle and you don't need to carry those bulky, heavy and thermos kind of bottles.

No doubt you will get a wide range of mouth watering food to fill up your stomach but always carry food alternatives. (imperative if your are planning for some serious hiking). And that also lit the need of lighters and battery light.

Avoid putting your shoes into the bag. In fact, don't carry an extra pair of shoes. But just in case you have to, try hanging them somewhere outside of the bag. (it looks cool too). Same applies to your sleeping pad is you are carrying one)

If your bag doesn't have a attached rain protector, just carry a suitable sized plastic sheet or you can put a compact fold-able umbrella.

Place you money always in the interior of the bag so that it's hard to pick. Carry earphones instead of headphones if you like listening to music while travelling. Headphones are just too much wastage of space.

Lately, the term "backpacking" has become popular and have become a culture in the travelling genre. People are getting out of their houses on a backpack just to explore the unseen. They travel to places that are not "tourist places". We, the social humans, are now trying to explore our world like nomads. (something like people used to do in history)

So guys, don't you think we should also leave our studies and just leave!!

Sounds like so much but give it a thought what would matter more in the next 5 years. Share your thoughts and ideas on backpacking in comments.

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