4 years ago when I started planning this trip I stumbled over the site onebag.com and fell in love with the general message: it's much better to go hand baggage only when flying as it leads to less stress and overall easier navigation. That, and I can avoid becoming this woman:
Well.
I've internalized a lot of that message, and been browsing sites such as Her Packing List, the Tom Bihn luggage forums, 1bag1world and also The Vivienne Files. I read the carry on limits, chose airlines that allow a reasonable limit (22lbs/10kg) and packed carefully. Even though I panicked at certain times ("jesus christ i need a sewing kit and I need more duct tape and where is my towel i can't cope without my towel")...the fact that I'm going to UK and not hiking the Annapurna Circuit is what's keeping me in check. Hell, I even did a practice pack to check if what I was thinking about bringing was gonna work, and, everything fitted. My bag weighed 13.7 lbs (in non freedom units that's 6.2 kilos). Alright! Everything I wanted fitted, with room to spare!
Ahahahaha.
Yesterday, when I packed up my bag, I noticed I had a small problem. The things that I wanted to pack, had somehow mysteriously expanded to 20 lbs, just under the 10kg weight limit. That's not including my laptop, case, the power cables and prescriptions. That would bump me up to 24lbs, or 11kg pretty easily.
I've been told not to worry about it, and they won't check the weight, plus Delta has no weight limit but Virgin Atlantic do. Well, to be honest, it won't be as if I can't mail stuff bag, plus I'll be losing weight and using up shampoo and conditioner. But, I will be bringing back some gifts for my parents and people back home. I'll try not to worry about it, but in the meantime, it is causing me a little bit of stress, heh.
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