By Rick StevesTribune Media Services (Tribune Media Services) — Youll never meet a traveler who, after five trips, brags, «Every year I pack heavier.» The measure of a good traveler is how light he or she travels. You cant travel heavy, happy and cheap. Pick two. Too much luggage and camera gear marks you as a typical tourist. It throws up a wall between you and the grizzled Spanish fisherman mending his net. Serendipity suffers. Changing locations becomes a major operation.... » Read more

By Rick StevesTribune Media Services (Tribune Media Services) — Youll never meet a traveler who, after five trips, brags, «Every year I pack heavier.» The measure of a good traveler is how light he or she travels. You cant travel heavy, happy and cheap. Pick two. Too much luggage and camera gear marks you as a typical tourist. It throws up a wall between you and the grizzled Spanish fisherman mending his net. Serendipity suffers. Changing locations becomes a major operation.... » Read more