Backpack? Or Daypack?

lalooprasadyadav

I am thinking along the lines of just a daypack for long term travelling around India. Don't like the idea of lugging a huge backpack around. Just a couple of changes of clothes plus essentials. Is this feasible? One of the most exreme places I am planning to visit in terms of weather is Gaumukh.

dreamsyndicate

How long will you'll be staying in India (or travelling) ?

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lalooprasadyadav

6 months or more

bijapuri

get a pack with rollers
worked really well for me last year

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This i wrote on another post, (i don't know how i put a link to the other post , so i just copy/pasted it here )
The big issue, i think, is the shoes : i'm walking mostly in flip/flops,
and mountain shoes are really big to carry . If it's in the beginning of your trip, you might try to sell them afterwards. Otherwise you'll need to buy them, which means a long 'walking-in-the-shoes-period-or-you-will-regrett-this-in-a-BIG-way) '.
Anyway, travelling light is really comfortable, if it's the thing for you !

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I was on a 6 month trip to India/Nepal 2 years ago .
I carried a Jack Wolfskin Orkney, i don't know the liters, but it weight 8 kilo at the check at ktm-airport .

It's a small package, which means you can easily put it in the baggage-place in even the small-distance buses .
Another good thing is that you always look like you're carrying a day-pack, which doesn't go unnoticed with the touts & the local people.
I can't travel with the 'big stuff' anymore, since this trip .
However, there 's a drawback .

I only carry flip-flops for footwear , which is great in most places .
(arriving back home is a different matter )
You have to take it (the walking) slowly, which is exactly what I like .(but a day-walk to a waterfall or an off-the-beaten-track place can be annoying - but hey- time is with you).

I did bought (and sold them again, for 25% to the same shop) second-hand trekking shoes for the trek in Nepal . This is only a good idea if you have like 2 weeks in Kathmandu valley to walk the shoes in.


It also involves washing everyday, or every 2-days t-shirts, pants etc, but it's cheap to let it be done, or buy some cloth-soap and do it yourself .
For the trek in Nepal i rented a sleeping bag and a jacket and blouse , which is easy in Ktm , at low prices .

I don't carry much medical stuff (Is there something you can't buy at the local pharmacie, except for the -real?- larium- i take my chances with malaria anyway ), nor a camera & don't buy souvenirs, unless at the end of the trip, and buy a bag to put all the stuff in .
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Hi Laloo,

A leather-bottomed 35l (or so) daypack was my travelling pack for at least a dozen trips of 3-5 months duration when I was activly travelling and staying in reasonably warm areas. No problem at all -- a set of 'travelling clothes' for trains and buses which can go a while before laundering, and a decent looking shirt and long pants for airports, dealing with officials, and other occasions. walking shorts, evening 'mosquito pants' and T or two about does it -- a pair of comfortable walking shoes, and pick up some flip-flops for the shower etc. A sheet or sarong doesn't take much space and is multi-purpose. I really like the freedom a light, tossable pack gives you.

On the other hand, I now spend more time in each place and less time actually travelling so it's not that inconvenient to have a larger pack in order to carry along a few more creature comforts and things to pass time with. A carry-on sized (55l) pack can handle a hammock, short-wave radio, sleep-sheet, and a bunch of other odds and ends I like to have along. If I want camping gear as well, then I use a 75l pack. Over time, I've tried out and accumulated a lot of stuff because travelling has been an important part of my life so now I just pick the appropriate pack to take for the trip I have in mind. I'd say, give it a go.

dreamsyndicate

There are two more threads you might read :

here

and here

lalooprasadyadav

Thanks everyone.