I am always surprised at how efficient and friendly the Indian rail reservation people are. 5 minutes in their office and I left with a 300 Rupee ticket for an overnighter from Mumbai to Goa, leaving tomorrow night. Saves me a nights accommodation as well! Really looking forward to the beach now!
I’ve finally gotten my new backpack. It’s a Deuter Futura Pro holding 42l. This means that I have 33l less than with my earlier backpack, but I won’t be taking my dive gear with me anymore, so I have actually more space for my other stuff.
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For the last 12 years or so I had been using an Alpine Lowe Cerro Torre 75l backpack and it was awesome. It could hold an additional 20l, so I was able to stuff all my dive gear in there as well. Now I need a new backpack and it’s not as easy as I expected. Shopping doesn’t come natural to me, but I’m usually alright if it’s for new toys. I don’t expect too much neither. My new backpack needs to be mostly waterproof, hold no more than 40-50l, a couple stretchy outside pockets for water bottles and a few straps to tie things on. A nice neutral colour would be nice as well like brown, dark green or grey. Definitely not pinkish red or neon blue. I might just have to get one on the internet. I’m not sure I could take another sales pitch for the latest innovation in backpack technology that might even bring me coffee in the morning…
I’ve just now found a new app for my iPhone, called Dropp. Basically, it let’s you send a message to your friends. Your friends will only get this message though, once they are close to the same location where you sent the message from. I think this is awesome and could be used for many cool things. Messages can be public as well, so you could drop a message at Bangkok’s airport, for example, letting people know the cheapest place to stay in Khao San Rd. Have you tried Dropp?
Just got confirmation of my flight to Mumbai, leaving on the 30th of September, so just over 3 months!!
Quite some years ago I worked as a dive instructor on the island of Koh Lanta, Thailand. It was one of the best times of my life. I had the best job in the world, watching fish in their natural habitat almost every day and working alongside some of the nicest people I have ever met on all my travels. It was a blast. Continue reading