(Originally posted 14 March 2016) Travelling from one destination to the next for an extended period, you have to wash and wear while moving. We have not packed very well, taking way too much stuff. But this gives you a few days’ grace in between washing if you are unable to do so after a busy day of sightseeing.
What we very quickly learnt, is that wearing an item of clothing once does not necessarily mean it’s dirty. Obviously, you look at the article to see if you have splatted something from a disgusting puddle on your pants or dribbled street food down your shirt, but the real test is the great sniff. If you can still bear the smell, that shirt is still good for another round.
The first part of our journey was bitterly cold, but I realise now that cold weather has its advantages. You can wear something more than once before it starts infecting the other clothes in your case with bad odours. However, now that we are in a hot, humid climate, it is impossible to get away with that.
I would write more about this and other habits we are picking up, but I have to do some washing now.