Yep, that's how I usually pack for a trip in a tropical country like the Philippines, where I hail from. I have in the outside pockets travel essentials like a jacket or raincoat, an umbrella, a pair of rubber slippers and some plastic bags which come in handy along the way. When I have to get on a plane, though, I make it a point that the pockets are empty.
Notice the locks? Wherever my destination is and however I'll get there, I always have my backpack locked --- otherwise I'll get neurotic worrying that someone will open it and take some of my stuff or will put some illegal stuff in there that the authorities will discover as I pass through inspection. Well, it has happened to other people so it can also happen to me, right?
I just can't remember the first place I took this backpack with me. Was it Metro Cebu, Club Paradise in Palawan, or Vigan and the other sites in Ilocos? Definitely not on my first trip abroad (Malaysia and Singapore in April 2005) because I used a huge suitcase which, my friend Paz chided, made the impression that I won't be returning home anymore.
But I can vividly recall carrying this pack on my back while I trekked Baguio, Sagada and Banaue in 2006. I thought then that I looked like a typical backpacker. Now I still feel like a typical backpacker.
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