The spirit-level keychain
A keychain with an actual spirit level built in. Ridiculous, tiny, and surprisingly practical on the road.
Travel logbook and gear notes from a nomadic traveller. What holds up, what breaks, and what I ruled out before even opening the box.
The panel-loading cabin bag that stopped me swearing
An on-paper analysis of a 40 L panel-loading cabin bag, after the missed-bus episode in Chiang Mai.
The day I missed the bus in Chiang Mai
An overstuffed bag, a slow tuk-tuk, and a lesson about what you actually need to pack.
Six months after the theft, what I haven't replaced
A reader asks what's been replaced since January. One machine, nothing else. The list of absences, and what each one has cost.
What's in the cable pouch, six months later
I was looking for one cable and pulled out eleven. An inventory of a pouch nobody ever sorts, and of what snuck in along the way without a decision.
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The spirit-level keychain
A keychain with an actual spirit level built in. Ridiculous, tiny, and surprisingly practical on the road.
The panel-loading cabin bag that stopped me swearing
An on-paper analysis of a 40 L panel-loading cabin bag, after the missed-bus episode in Chiang Mai.
The day I missed the bus in Chiang Mai
An overstuffed bag, a slow tuk-tuk, and a lesson about what you actually need to pack.