The next 3 weeks is going to be spent camping out on the African Savannah without much in the way of creature comforts… I’m assuming we’ll be having cold showers, eating by candle light and sleeping in tents.

 It wouldn’t be very practical for us to be carrying a suitcase with us so Tash and I decided that we would get some back packs. Being total novices at the whole back packing scene we made our way through various camping stores to get as much info as we could about what to do and not do when back packing….

Interesting facts we learnt:

1.  When back packing never attach your sleeping bag to the outside. ie. pack it inside the back pack because if you lose it, you’ll be sleeping on the sand… or maybe dust mites… or in some hostels… RATS!

2. The day pack attached to the back of the back pack is not meant to be left there. When you walk around you attach it to the front of you so that it’s safe.

3. 75 Litres sounds like alot of space… but in reality you can only fit 1 jumper, 5 t shirts and 2 pairs of pants… who needs underwear when you’re “getting back to nature…” jks!

We ended up getting a really good back pack from Kathmandu (a camping store). It is called the X Pac V3 and is a hybrid back pack that can be partitioned and opens up from the top, middle and bottom so you can access stuff easily. The harness system on it is really comfortable in comparison to the other packs we tried…

So now that we look the part…this is going to be our wardrobe/closet for the next 3 weeks. Can we fool the locals into thinking we know what we’re doing…?

Somehow I don’t think so… 😛