Budget
Bali on £30 a day, honestly itemised
Every rupiah from a two-week loop: warungs, scooters, the works.
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One bag. Forty-one countries. Zero checked luggage.
The Overpacker started as a joke about how bad I was at packing. Six years and one very tired suitcase later, it's field notes, brutally honest packing lists, and the gear that actually earns its space in seven kilograms.
gate B23, probably late
Latest field notes
Guides written on the ground, not from a desk.
Packing
The overhead-bin-only packing list
Forty-one countries of trial and error in one ruthless list.
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Food
Where to actually eat in Oaxaca
Tlayudas, mole negro, and the market stall worth a flight alone.
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Gear that earns its space.
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The Sunday Layover
One email a week. Worth the tray table.
A packing trick, a place I'd go back to, and one thing I got wrong. No spam, ever.