Popular Stories - Backpacking

Recently in Bangkok I decided to shed all my excess baggage. For two months in India and Nepal I had been carrying around a ridiculously heavy backpack and a day pack. I decided to ditch the day pack and got rid of all the unessential items in my backpack.

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