I just got through, what felt like an hour long line through airport security. After only one time of wearing a pair of pants that were too big and having to take off my belt about 10 different times, I’ve gotten into the habit of just wearing sweatpants and a hoodie and keeping everything in my bag. It’s comfy and everyone is so stressed out from traveling that they’re most likely not going to judge my fashion sense.
My backpack weighed exactly 35 lbs (Speedy dog not included) with my winter gear, 10 pairs of hand warmers, camera, tripod, and 6 days worth of clothes. I took a duffle bag last time that weighed 40lbs and I only wore about half the clothes.
I remembered to bring a pedometer for the trip so it will be interesting to see how far I end up walking in total. I booked the plane tickets for all the cities last night for about $550 total which isn’t bad. Also booked the first night of hostels for each city. I only did one night so I would have flexibility to go to a different place of it doesn’t work out. It will be $14 a night for the both of us. I wanted to go $5 a night but my parents weren’t ok with us sleeping in a 6 person dorm room :/
Beijing: happy Dragon hostel
Shanghai: rock and wood hostel
Seoul: not sure yet
