This is the fullest that our bags have ever been on any of our inland/overseas trips, and there are many reasons for this.
The main one is that the boys have grown in the last 2 years - A LOT! - so their clothes are fuller/longer/wider taking up more room than I anticipated. This time we are also carrying presents from people for the friends that we will meet along the way which have filled up many of those gaps that I usually leave available for shopping!
It took me many hours yesterday as I tried to fit everything we wanted to take with us into the same backpacks that have accompanied us on all our previous 4 week family holidays (eg: Vietnam and Egypt) - editing ruthlessly as I went.
As is my usual habit I am confident that I will end up repacking the bags once again the night before we fly out and end up discarding even more gear - making room for all that shopping! :)
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