Comments on: Travelling Light: How To Travel For 3 Months With Less Than 30kg Between Two People http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/ A community of professionals who live and work from anywhere they choose. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Illodude http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Illodude Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:46:21 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/#comment-412 Hi again and thanks for giving away all the secrets. I'm in Paris but I mainly do illustration work for clients in Norway. I included my website this time. One of the good things in France is awesome adsl speed (24 mbit really cheap) and free phone to most countries with the broad band connection, so it will be a transition to rely on skype and wireless for the future. I don't have any particular plans but I'd like to stay close to nature - and where climate is ok for working outside pretty often (well the occasional snowboarding session would be just fine, too). Thought about Panama or Nicaragua in order to learn more Spanish, but let's see. From there, improvisation. By the way, I have friends who rent a garden flat and several rooms in their lovely tropical jungle house in Wilderness, South Africa, so if you think about driving up the garden route to Victoria make sure to drop by! www.amaza-aluhlaza.co.za Hi again and thanks for giving away all the secrets.
I’m in Paris but I mainly do illustration work for clients in Norway. I included my website this time. One of the good things in France is awesome adsl speed (24 mbit really cheap) and free phone to most countries with the broad band connection, so it will be a transition to rely on skype and wireless for the future. I don’t have any particular plans but I’d like to stay close to nature – and where climate is ok for working outside pretty often (well the occasional snowboarding session would be just fine, too). Thought about Panama or Nicaragua in order to learn more Spanish, but let’s see. From there, improvisation. By the way, I have friends who rent a garden flat and several rooms in their lovely tropical jungle house in Wilderness, South Africa, so if you think about driving up the garden route to Victoria make sure to drop by! http://www.amaza-aluhlaza.co.za

]]> By: Lea Woodward http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Lea Woodward Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:57:45 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/#comment-413 Hi Illodude - thanks for commenting. Nice to hear from another LIP! In response to your questions... 1) Our goal is to ultimately find 2-3 places that we'd like to buy homes and then travel between them throughout the year. Of course, this depends on firstly finding those "ideal" places and secondly having the money to buy them!! 2) Yes, we do have wireless-enabled laptops but the portable wireless router is a little thing that plugs into a normal ADSL router and makes it wireless, so we can turn a normal router into a wireless connection wherever we stay, meaning we don't have to be physically connected to the router all day. 3) We always try and stay in accommodation (furnished apartments) which have high speed internet included. On top of that, I use the Boingo wireless service for travelling. Sometimes we sign up to a wireless roaming service of the place we're in for a month so we can roam around the city in coffee shops etc. or sometimes, like in Dubai, this is free! The last resort for us would be to go to an internet cafe - but that's mostly because for me it's not suitable when I'm speaking to clients - however that is always something we've considered doing if we can't get internet in the place we stay. Where are you currently based and where are you planning to travel to? Hi Illodude – thanks for commenting. Nice to hear from another LIP!

In response to your questions…

1) Our goal is to ultimately find 2-3 places that we’d like to buy homes and then travel between them throughout the year. Of course, this depends on firstly finding those “ideal” places and secondly having the money to buy them!!

2) Yes, we do have wireless-enabled laptops but the portable wireless router is a little thing that plugs into a normal ADSL router and makes it wireless, so we can turn a normal router into a wireless connection wherever we stay, meaning we don’t have to be physically connected to the router all day.

3) We always try and stay in accommodation (furnished apartments) which have high speed internet included. On top of that, I use the Boingo wireless service for travelling. Sometimes we sign up to a wireless roaming service of the place we’re in for a month so we can roam around the city in coffee shops etc. or sometimes, like in Dubai, this is free! The last resort for us would be to go to an internet cafe – but that’s mostly because for me it’s not suitable when I’m speaking to clients – however that is always something we’ve considered doing if we can’t get internet in the place we stay.

Where are you currently based and where are you planning to travel to?

]]> By: Illodude http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Illodude Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:17:21 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/#comment-411 Hi Lea, have been reading your blog for a while and decided that since I'm already LIP somehow - working in a foreign country doing stuff that I can do from anywhere - I might as well do like you and take it further as far as abandoning the idea of having one single place of recidency. It will happen early this spring. I have a few questions I couldn't find answers to: First, is your goal to settle somewhere, eventually? Second: Why do you bring that wireless router - don't your computers have integrated wi-fi cards? Or is it for security or other issues? Third: How do you solve the internet access problem while on the road, do you buy online minutes and use your own computers, or do you go to internet cafés mostly? I'm worried about the monthly bill if I can't find open networks... Thanks for letting me read your blog and have a great stay in SA. Hi Lea, have been reading your blog for a while and decided that since I’m already LIP somehow – working in a foreign country doing stuff that I can do from anywhere – I might as well do like you and take it further as far as abandoning the idea of having one single place of recidency. It will happen early this spring. I have a few questions I couldn’t find answers to: First, is your goal to settle somewhere, eventually? Second: Why do you bring that wireless router – don’t your computers have integrated wi-fi cards? Or is it for security or other issues? Third: How do you solve the internet access problem while on the road, do you buy online minutes and use your own computers, or do you go to internet cafés mostly? I’m worried about the monthly bill if I can’t find open networks…
Thanks for letting me read your blog and have a great stay in SA.

]]> By: Lea Woodward http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Lea Woodward Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:11:27 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/#comment-410 @Cindy - you're so right!!! It's the little things that count...especially after 14 years together ;-) (yes we were teenage sweethearts!) @Lissie - you're right...pain is always a great motivator and there's no greater pain than having to lug a HUGE backpack around in 40 degree heat!! Couldn't imaging sharing a laptop though...think it'd end in divorce! @Freebirdpro - nice to hear from you...how is Thailand?? You sound a little like my Dad (who incidentally has also just arrived in Thailand - Phuket - for 2 months) and his photography equipment. I think you're right...it's def a learning experience and you only have to be hit paying a few hundred quid for excess luggage once before you realise that over-packing just isn't worth it!!! @Cindy – you’re so right!!! It’s the little things that count…especially after 14 years together ;-) (yes we were teenage sweethearts!)

@Lissie – you’re right…pain is always a great motivator and there’s no greater pain than having to lug a HUGE backpack around in 40 degree heat!! Couldn’t imaging sharing a laptop though…think it’d end in divorce!

@Freebirdpro – nice to hear from you…how is Thailand?? You sound a little like my Dad (who incidentally has also just arrived in Thailand – Phuket – for 2 months) and his photography equipment. I think you’re right…it’s def a learning experience and you only have to be hit paying a few hundred quid for excess luggage once before you realise that over-packing just isn’t worth it!!!

]]> By: Freebirdpro http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Freebirdpro Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:08:17 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/01/09/travelling-light-how-we-travel-with-less-than-20kg-between-us/#comment-409 Hi there - we're now into our second week of settling into Thailand - and we struggled like mad with excess luggage fees on the way... Of course, despite the advice - I still over packed on the clothes front :-) I just couldn't bring myself to leave some of my favorite items behind.. BUT - needless to say - I'm not using them at all.... We ran into another problem with our luggage though. We are both divers with our own equipment. And Paul has underwater photography equipment too... I think just these items alone nearly take us up to the max!! and with far more restrictions with carry on luggage these days - we really struggled... No doubt will fine tune the art of travelling light - WITH dive equipment as we go along... at least I hope :-) Hi there – we’re now into our second week of settling into Thailand – and we struggled like mad with excess luggage fees on the way… Of course, despite the advice – I still over packed on the clothes front :-) I just couldn’t bring myself to leave some of my favorite items behind.. BUT – needless to say – I’m not using them at all….

We ran into another problem with our luggage though. We are both divers with our own equipment. And Paul has underwater photography equipment too… I think just these items alone nearly take us up to the max!! and with far more restrictions with carry on luggage these days – we really struggled…

No doubt will fine tune the art of travelling light – WITH dive equipment as we go along… at least I hope :-)

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