The image of the hobo is a mighty old tradition in American myth. An older fella with a bingle slung over his shoulder is as classic as Norman Rockwell’s imagination (see image).

I’ve always been a fan of travelin’ light, both on journeys and in life. Couple of modern guys are reviving the practice and writing about it. At Vagabonding, Justin Glow writes about an inspired traveler, Jonathan Yevin who, as an experiment, went on an extended journey through Central America with nothing but what he was wearing. I’ve been digging this article on the art of light travel, as well as Rolf Potts column for Yahoo! called Traveling Light. Excellent stuff!

For learning more about extremely light traveling, they recommend this site: One Bag.com

Heady stuff. This is what real traveling is made of. Strip it down to its utterly bare essentials. I love it.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , ,


Subscribe to comments Comment | Trackback |
Post Tags:

Browse Timeline


  • deLish

    I disagree. I am a woman and always travelled with an over excessive mega suitcase that I always ended up hauling all over the place when I ended up wearing the same things again and again. Women in particular pack ridiculous amounts of excessive stuff!
    Mr. Yevin's article completely inspired me to lighten up my load even more as I have been slowly evolving to this easier travelling mode over the last two years! It makes you focus on the true beauty of seeing the world without all those pesky things you must concern yourself about when you take half the world with you.
    Everything is replaceable except life and memories.

  • Martha

    Yeah, I read Jonathan Yevin's article in Frommer and couldn't believe he could actually pull it off! Great for twenty-somethings, but hardly practical for the average middle-aged traveller, especially for women of all ages...

blog comments powered by Disqus

Creative Commons License

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

This is The Poverty Jet Set. Ride on, space cowboys!
Wordpress theme "Modicus Remix" by Zidalgo.