Luggage chit-chat goes here

It’s all in the title 😛

Meh! 😛

I also preferred the 😇 dance. But the dancers have packed up and left...

Are handbags allowed?

the dancers have packed up and left...

And the dancers really took the lead...

On the road... From Morvan to Japan. To get on the ferry, I had to wash the bike in Vladivostok

In Tallinn! With the snow, those cobblestones—ouch!

Sure, of course, okay for handbags, from the largest to the tiniest.

Luggage and mishaps 😏... Let's go! !

♫ It's the dance of luggage, That when we go traveling, Slaughters our lower backs, And that's not cool... ♪♪

And I'm packing up! 😛

Hey,

Bukhara train station, with big bags in the snow—super light ones (no idea what that lady’s carrying!)



Cat

And I’m packing up!

From wherever you were to get here, of course 😉...

And also: If the vibe throughout this month stays as light and cheerful as Kola’s little "tune" seems to suggest, well, that’ll be perfect

Maybe a bit bulky 😏 !

Just for the transition... because the photo is honestly meh! Two tourists dragging their white suitcase through the streets of Hanoi.



I really don’t have much on the topic...😅

Even though this scene is taking place in front of Mumbai train station, I think it’s more about delivering meals than luggage...

If the vibe throughout this month stays as light and cheerful as the "ditty" seems to suggest...

(The ditty hasn’t been the same since the two topics stopped overlapping 🤪)

The baggage and the trekker before they were broken in by VF’s MULs. Merlin

Luggage stacking on Flores Island.

Quito bus station

Luggage and humans all tangled up on Flores Island.

😏

After a really long-haul flight, I sometimes end up with some serious luggage in front of me. Gonna see if I’ve got a pic...

Meh! 😛

For sure, unfortunately you can't photograph intellectual baggage!

Hi everyone, travelers and luggage-toting wanderers...

I had written this:

The key is to talk about traveling with luggage.

Actually, seeing Poste42’s two photos, I think we can broaden the topic—that is, the idea of travel isn’t mandatory anymore, but we still keep the focus on showcasing luggage. Are you okay with that?

A welcome expansion! :)

I think so :) I really thought a few days ago that everyone had packed up and left!

When you want to camp in the middle of a field and still have a bit of comfort, you’ve got to bring your pillow, blanket, and the picnic basket!

And the cousins take care of the wood for the campfire. It’s quite the load, isn’t it?

Of course it's a real load of stuff! And what an adventure trip ahead!!

It seems so :) I really thought a few days ago that everyone had packed up and left!

No, Dolma, I haven’t given up yet, but my input on this topic is pretty thin, even if I stretch it a bit 😅.

Prehistoric luggage recycling in Krabi, Thailand 😄

Hi there,

I really thought a few days ago that everyone had packed up and left!

In the countries I wander through, travelers tend to use pretty ordinary backpacks or rolling suitcases that I don’t find very interesting to photograph. 😉

An Uzbek woman tucks some bread into her bag at Samarkand station:

It’s a widespread custom to travel from one city to another carrying sometimes notable amounts of bread, with each city having its own specialty.

Catherine

but we still emphasize the importance of luggage.

Will breaking this rule cost me my bag?

Having made his fortune at the crack of dawn, the desert goldsmith leaves humming, his heart as light as his luggage (I’m explaining because there’s no sound in the photo). Kaokoland, Namibia.

Luggage carrier. Malawi.

It's an absolute horror and in incredibly bad taste 😮—yet perfectly on theme 😄 !

Luggage doesn’t need to be in 'close-up' to stand out. In your two photos, they tell a story—and that’s what really matters ;)

Actually, I don’t find it that weird to buy bread when it’s a local specialty—I sometimes do it myself. It’s not quite a custom like it seems to be among Uzbeks, though. 🙂

Okay, the topic’s pretty niche, but digging around a bit on the hard drive, I found 2 or 3 snapshots:



Carry-On Luggage: the tote bag was already trendy back in 2019 at this shop in Hoi An

They’re so lovely! I love it 😊

When a modern suitcase meets a more traditional one, what do they talk about?

I don’t know what these bags are talking about, but the encounter seems really nice! 🙂

These aren’t exactly luggage but rather heavy loads you might come across on the roads of Laos, Cambodia, or Vietnam 😄

Sure, we might not be carrying travelers' luggage, but these packs and other loads fit the theme perfectly—and more often than not, they’re all you see 😄 !

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 :-)