Archive for: May 2009

May 14, 2009

Camera backpack lens hood problem

Filed under: Backpacking equipment - 14 May 2009

The problem with fitting a digital SLR camera outfit like this into a camera backpack is, part of the outfit projects over the top of the compartments, which might expose the camera to accidental damage on a backpacking or …

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May 10, 2009

Camera or camcorder backpack experiment

Filed under: Backpacking equipment - 10 May 2009

How to fit a digital SLR camera outfit into a camera or camcorder backpack
I’ve started the experiment by trying to fit a professional digital SLR camera which is equipped with a 20 to 35 mm wide angle lens and a …

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May 7, 2009

India cheap travel but big mistake

Filed under: Myanmar, Other travel - 07 May 2009

In India during the hippies in the 60s era the trains operated a class system, this could create problems for the backpacker who wanted to travel and meet people
It was possible to travel first class, second class, or third class, …

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  • About hippy backpacking

    Hippy Backpacking features articles and photos about backpacking in the hippies in the 60's era and more recent backpacking stuff. Like, post stone age. The posts cover - or will cover - cheap, ok, budget -travel in Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Laos and Burma. There are - or will be - posts about travel in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, and the middle east, along with Europe. There will also be a couple of posts about New York City in the 60's.

    The hippy trail

    This was the overland route from Australia to (usually) England and vice-versa taken by backpackers. Only some of these countries were stops on the trail; Burma, the middle east, eastern Europe and (for geographical reasons) the United States weren't considered regular stops.

About the hippy backpacking header banner

It's a sticker that was handed out after a screening of the hippy movie `Easy Rider' at a movie house in Sydney, Australia, in the late 60's, and the profile in the banner is a profile of Dennis Hopper, the star of the movie.