Backpack

GUARDS! GUARDS! Seize this scoundrel for snooping in my Backpack! Bloody tourists. Oh, wait. Hang on a minute. I want you to rummage around the Backpack. GUARDS! GUARDS! Let them go. I was joking, ha! I’m such a joker. Knock, knock who’s there? You. You who? Yoo-hoo, I told you I was a joker. Get them a seat, and a coffee, and a biscuit, and a pillow.

The Backpack of Trail of Ants is designed to compress all the forgotten paraphernalia of the travelling world. Or in layman’s terms. If it isn’t a post on The Trail, it’s preserved in the Backpack.

If you’re content with the contents of the Backpack you’ll have to contend with my uncontained contentment;

The Unmissables: A round up of sublime suggestions from my nearest and dearest.

The Original Trail: A fast-paced, entertaining summary of the original direction The Trail was headed. Oh, how wrong I was.

The Real Backpack: See exactly how much one man can stuff into one bag. Complete* with* asterisks*.

Map of Route: Map. Of. Route. A simple Google Map, though everso slightly temperamental when I try to update it.

Rough Costs: One plus two equals free. Free plus phwoar equals heaven. Heaven plus ate equals… umm… drift teen? My oh my. I am lame.

Insurance: Low key advice on the potholed laneways of travel insurance, complete with a shiny World Nomads Promotional Code.

Visas: A brief synopsis of the vis-à-vis of visas along The Trail. Some are a breeze, while some will see you freeze. Just keep telling yourself – it’s all part of the journey.

 Stills: A photographic journey through the worlds I’ve lived in. Similar to your aunt’s holiday slideshow.

Old Rope: An ever-growing cord of chums, a thriving thread of friends or a tight braid of mates. Whatever way I word it. These are my reasons.

Green Travel: We all have a responsibility to travel green. Obviously I only wear straw sandals and wear a hessian waistcoat over a seaweed shirt. Oh, and I offset (that makes me cool, yeah?)

FAQ’s: These questions were sent to me by travellers from all across the world made up by me, but are useful all the same.

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