Living out of such a small backpack has endless benefits that you don’t even realize during the planning process. There are also things we’ve learned that might help us pack slightly differently in the future. We put quite a bit of time and thought into researching our minimal travel gear for this trip (not to mention…
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Elephanta Island
An hour boat ride out from the Gateway of India in Mumbai, Elephanta Island is a popular place to take a day trip. Surprisingly, though, our boat, which made Catalina Express look like the Titanic, was mostly full of Indian folks; apparently it’s a popular little day trip for locals as well as tourists. It’s…
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Seeing Mumbai
The few short days we spent in Mumbai were enough to appreciate getting out of the traffic jam that it is, but not enough to really see the whole place. Aside from the tourist spots, how else do you really “see” a huge city like this? I feel sort of the same way about LA. We…
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Santa Cruz, Mumbai, India
When I arrived in Mumbai, Franklin greeted me at the airport with open arms. Our friend’s mom owns a small apartment in an area called Santa Cruz that she so graciously offered to lend us indefinitely, so we hopped in a tuk-tuk for what would be the first of many of these strenuous cardiac exercises….
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Minimal Travel Gear
Tynan, who’s writing much aided and inspired our minimal travel gear gathering phase, said, “the less I travel with, the better my experience is,” and I tend to agree. That’s why Franklin and I decided to travel as minimally as we could, hence “20 Liter Life” (the size of my pack). When I’ve shown people how…
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Sony RX100: Los Angeles, CA
In the weeks leading up to my trip, I’ve been test-shooting this new Sony RX100 camera in LA. Here are some photos of where I come from. My lovely mother in St. Vincent’s Court, Downtown LA. Title Guarantee Building. Southern California Edison Building. Caravan Bookstore. The Oviatt Building / Cicada Restaurant. Clifton’s Cafeteria, Downtown LA….
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