If you are really hardcore and you not only want to be a trekker but you also want to look the part so that no one accidently mistakes you for just another run-of-the-mill, camera-toting tourist, or if you really aren’t interested in being a trekker because it all sounds too ambitious, but you still want to look one, you can do the following.
Start by buying a pair of light-weight, baggy pants. They are available in every open air market in every destination-town in southeast Asia. Get them in a solid color or a vaguely “ethnic” print. Alternatively, buy a pair of cargo shorts. Make sure they are well-worn before you debut them. Sport either a sleeveless shirt or a really threadbare t-shirt. Get yourself either a stylish floppy, wide-brim hat or better yet, get yourself a tight-fitting, knit skullcap in the colors of the Jamaican flag: black, yellow, and green. While the Ramones patch sewn onto your pack is optional, the multiple woven friendship bracelets around your ankle are not. Ditto for the hemp necklace. But feel free to get one either with or without pukka shells.
And with that, not only should you be all-set to forego the five-star hotels, their swimming pools, and their fastidiously clean sheets, but you will look the part.
Happy trekking.
And don’t forget the toilet paper
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