What do you actually need for months of travel with only a 40L carry-on backpack? This is our real long-term travel packing list for 7 months in Latin America, from clothes and toiletries to electronics and practical gear.
The idea of selling my childhood home had been with us for years, but the actual decision happened in a single morning. Two months later, we had moved from a 150 m² house into a 23.8 m² apartment and were getting ready to fly to Latin America on a one-way ticket.
Why Colombia? The honest answer is that it was the cheapest place for us to fly to. But the more we researched the country, the more reasons we found to stay. 41 days, nine stops, mountains, jungle, the Caribbean Sea — and a few more frogs than I’d like.