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24T00 What’s in my carry-on

“Travel day zero”: nothing to check

For 3 summer months, I have a medium-sized 21-Litre (21-L) Timbuk2 Classic Messenger bag in blue and black, and a 32-L Timbuk2 Command backpack in black, which are my “personal item” and “carry-on”, respectively, for all flights.

*What’s in the Timbuk2 Classic Messenger bag*

21-L messenger bag

Tilley Hiker’s Hat (with evaporative cooling insert)
Mountain Equipment Company MEC medium-sized mesh pouch, empty/flat.
Long-sleeved half-zip fleece

*What’s in the backpack: example illustration for 2024.*

32-L backpack

Many of the items described below are easy to replace at destination. But first to go into the bottom of the backpack is a pair of cargo shorts.

Above, at centre-left:

Tenba BYOB7 Camera Insert bag in black, carry-case for X70, extra SD-cards and batteries.

Above, at centre:

3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in charcoal grey, containing:

carrying strap for pouch
small soft pouch with wired earphones and small USB C-to-3.5mm audio jack
small freezer bag: type-C adapter plugs for Western Europe, USB-A & -C power-cube wall chargers (retractable prongs)
charger and charging cable for laptop
USB C-to-C cable, long
translucent film-roll cannister for coins: swap 🇨🇦 for 🇪🇺
a few pens
phone stand from my nieces, made at Fanning Woodshop in Peggy’s Cove NS

3-L Peak Design Field Pouch in midnight blue, containing:

carrying strap for pouch
WCL-X70 wide-lens with small rubber lens-hood
extra camera batteries
power bank with short USB cables (A-to-C, C-to-C)
USB micro-to-A cable for camera
SD card reader to USB-C cable

Shown below the pouches, stored elsewhere in the backpack:

sunnies 🕶️ in hardshell case
passport
Moleskine small hardcover lined-notebook
compact HDD with USB microB-to-C cable

Above, at centre-right

Heys medium-size packing cube in black; containing 3 t-shirts, 3 changes of underwear, 2 pairs short-socks, 1 pair long-socks
Small (<1-L) freezer bag containing:
- “arts & crafts styled” pill-jars with OTC meds, ear plugs, sunscreen stick, lip balm, eyedrops, nail clipper, Mopiko ointment, toothpaste, collapsible toothbrush, small hotel-room bottles refilled with body wash (Nivea Cool Marine)

Still got clothes on me back

T-shirt, Henley quarter-buttoned pullover sweater, all-weather long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, Merino wool socks, walking shoes.

Peak Design

Nods go to their versatile Field Pouch, their Leash strap on the X70, and their Everyday nylon-canvas polycarbonate case for the mobile 👍🏽

I made the images above with an iPhone15 on 7 May 2024. I received no support from any external organization for this post. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-sts. Last edit: 14 April 2026.

Berlin: 8000-km jaunt home in the pandemic (2021)

Above/featured: S-Bahn station Messe Nord/ICC – 27 Nov 2021 (X70).

I’m going home to Berlin, for the 1st time in 4 years.

To travel at all, and to go international, is a big privilege; I’m grateful for the window of opportunity.

After a long gruelling emotional 2020 year taking care of an elderly parent at home with cancer and accompanying them safely to their final days, I’m desperate to get outta Vancouver for a break. But another 9 months pass before the largest roadblock to travel is dissolved. At the end of October 2021, the Canadian government releases a digital vaccination certificate suitable for domestic and international travel. Within a week, I have a set itinerary using credits from a cancelled trip.

The following describes plans and unconventional sights for Berlin, Germany over 11 days in the 2nd-half of November 2021. As case counts change and situations evolve at both ends, travellers must remain vigilant with extra preparation and adapt to changing policies, protocols, and requirements by different countries for visitors, ensuring safe and smooth travel, out and back. I go over all guidelines supplied by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and the city state of Berlin.

I’m not going to lug my DSLR camera and extra glass for this quick trip. Instead, I’ll only use my 340-gram (12-ounce) compact fixed-lens camera. In all respects, it’s a big weight off my shoulders.

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1-day drive, US: Tucson to Santa Fe

Above/featured: Northeast on US-60/AZ-77, through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, just outside of Show Low, AZ.

The following takes place entirely on travel day 16 in the American Southwest. Departing Tucson, Arizona, we headed north and east on AZ-77, US-60, and I-25 into New Mexico for Santa Fe, New Mexico. We drove through a variety of landscapes in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico for a total of 856 kilometres (532 miles).

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1-day drive, US: Cliff Dwellers to South Rim

October 2018.

The following takes place entirely on travel day 11 in the American Southwest. The previous day was a long one on the road: from Flagstaff, we drove north on US-89 and US-89A next to Echo Cliffs and Vermilion Cliffs, and ending up at North Rim for our first-ever visit to the Grand Canyon.

After overnighting at Cliff Dwellers Lodge, a new day began with a stop at the Rock Houses nearby, then retracing the previous day’s drive back to Cameron, before turning west to spend the rest of the day at the Desert View section of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. That began our first-time visit to the South Rim which we visited over a period of two days.

Total distance from Cliff Dwellers to Flagstaff (via South Rim): 217 mi (349 km).

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1-day drive, US: Flagstaff to Vermilion Cliffs

Above/featured: Vermilion Cliffs loom over the new and old Navajo Bridge at left and right, respectively (X70).

The following takes place on the first half of travel day 10 in the American Southwest. From Flagstaff, we’re heading north on highway US-89, past Cameron, through the northern limit of the Painted Desert, and next to the Echo Cliffs. At Bitter Springs, the highway splits, and we head northwest on US-89A to Marble Canyon, where Navajo Bridge crosses over the Colorado River. The highway continues west into the Arizona Strip, below Vermilion Cliffs, past Cliff Dwellers, and into House Rock Valley.

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