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Sure, we’re not exactly travelers’ luggage, but it’s still all about gear and loads that fit the theme perfectly—and more often than not, they’re all you see !

Ah! For me, this kind of photo didn’t fit the theme—I was thinking travelers’ luggage 😊

If those improbable loads on more or less quirky vehicles are allowed, it kinda opens up the game. Thanks!

From the most sophisticated suitcase to the bundle on your shoulder, from gear on a motorcycle to bags on top of buses, what matters is talking about traveling with luggage. A stroll, an expedition, a simple outing, a tour—anything goes, as long as the luggage is showcased, of course 🙂

Yep, all kinds of loads are welcome here, whether it’s for the joy of travel, work, or practical transport.

This post is also for Rouquine [;]

Hi Dolma

I don’t get why there are so few photos online by mid-March... The theme isn’t that complicated, and there are more pictures in the side discussion than in the main one!

You need to recruit some help 😛😉

I counted this morning—there must be 15 or 16 photos in the contest :/—so I’m thinking the travelers, transporters, strollers, and other wanderers we meet must be traveling with luggage so light it’s practically invisible in photos!

Okay, it’s probably also that I don’t know how to recruit 😏! Last month’s first-place spot was just a fluke, and I’m not used to running a contest like this (I’m even wondering if I’ll be able to tally the points 😮)

Come on, don’t let those shy sunbeams distract you, fellow travelers! We’re waiting for your luggage pics here! Just 2 weeks left to post your photos... ........... How annoying is this rule about not being able to write two lines in bold?

I think we were all pretty set on suitcases!

It was kinda restrictive.

Well, personally, I don’t have much new to suggest, whether it’s suitcases or any other kind of luggage. 🤪

Which means we don’t follow along here 😠! There have been a few suggestions for broadening the topic over the days 😄...

This expanded theme "forced" me to go through my Vietnam and India photos again😉... as a result, I fell 2 days behind on my gardening while the weather was nice... and now it's raining . And I still haven't finished exploring my old photos. I even found a photo that could've fit the "white month" theme, and the next one for luggage. It's of an ethnic group in northern Vietnam where people gather to work the cotton, forming tight little rolls they take with them—what for? On this forum, someone told me this technique in Thailand was used to fill triangular-section pillows or firm cushions.





That said, I only had one photo of luggage *stricto sensu*, taken in Venice for a series showing my grandkids that everything there travels by water—mail, ambulances, fire trucks, public works...

I also have a few bags that are more or less well-framed... when you've got a telephoto lens and the interesting person passes too close.







Here’s an original piece of luggage: the Balinese fighting rooster basket.



a Vietnamese bike turned into a mobile shop



and some seriously loaded luggage racks





There we go—I’ve hit the 10-photo limit per post, and I didn’t even include the luggage-on-head photos or the hand-pulled carts, which are everywhere in India (I don’t know Africa except the north, or South America). So I’d have *plenty* more photos if we could post that kind of image. Does all this really fit the theme?

Hi there,

I dug around, I tweaked, I refocused, I corrected... and I finally managed to submit 3 photos for this contest. Not easy! Oh well, the important thing is to take part, as they say :-)

At least this one’s easy to spot on the baggage carousel!

Don't move! ... while everything else is bustling around you....

Does all this really fit the theme?

But of course! I expanded the topic, so yes, it’s not just about the luggage of travelers-tourists-visitors that "works" 🙂

And really, sorry about the gardening 😉!!

Yeah, it *is* really handy... For picking up your suitcase, but man, it's so ugly 😄

Thanks for adding some pics to the contest! 😛

The Golden Rock, near Moulmein in Myanmar, is a sacred rock perched (and even suspended) at over 1,000 meters altitude (a record in this country). Access is (or was?) quite quirky in converted trucks, and the final ascent is done on foot up to the monastery. For those who need it, there’s a baggage porter service (my contest photo), or even—for the wealthier or less enthusiastic walkers—a human porter service.

These four guys climbing are carrying two people! And I can’t even imagine what the porter’s back must be like in the contest photo 😕!

When I think about some travelers complaining about the weight of their backpack ...

A big thank you to Tylassin for sharing his photos in the contest. Maybe he’ll read this?

Little by little, the luggage is piling up, stacking up... 🙂

Thanks for your thanks, Dolma 🙂

I read you here and there on the forum even if I hardly ever join the discussions 🙂

Hi Gaura,

Your photos are gorgeous—why not enter three in the contest?