Backpacking is becoming more popular, not only among school leavers but also among older people who are in between careers or need to take a sabbatical. It provides a more authentic experience of local cultures than an all-inclusive package tour would. When you go backpacking, you learn to get by with less but one item that can enrich your experience is a portable guitar.
By their very nature, guitars are portable. However, some are specifically designed with travel in mind. A travel guitar is smaller than the usual size for these instruments. Unlike a ukulele, which produces a more high-pitched sound, it sounds just like a regular guitar.
One of the greatest things about travel guitars is that they're so easy to take with you on the airplane. Most are designed to fall within the maximum dimensions for a piece of baggage as allowed by most airlines. They're incredibly light too, so you won't have to pay extra for excess baggage. Best of all is that they're small enough to take with you as hand luggage, so you don't have to worry about your instrument being damaged by careless baggage handlers at the airport.
One of the joys of backpacking is that instead of traveling in air-conditioned tour buses, you normally travel in local modes of transport. These tend to be rickety buses or trucks or, in some areas, boats. While people can, and do, take anything imaginable onto these vehicles, from furniture to livestock, larger pieces of luggage normally have to go onto the luggage tack on the roof. This can slow you down and you don't get to keep an eye on your belongings either, but a travel-sized instrument can be kept with you instead.
Many backpacking destinations offer incredible opportunities for trekking through jungle or among mountains. These journeys can take a few days and you may very well be completely removed from civilization for the duration. You'll be glad that you've brought a musical instrument to help pass the long evenings but you'll be even more grateful that this instrument weighs hardly anything and is easy to carry around.
The instrument comes in handy for hostel life too. It helps promote social interaction as people get together to make music. However, it also allows you to escape the crowds and find a form of meditation while you sit an play somewhere quiet.
Taking a musical instrument along on your journey can even help you finance your trip. In many backpacking towns, bar and restaurant owners are always looking for live entertainment and if you're good enough, they might pay you to play at their establishments while you're in town. You can even go busking at a marketplace or on the sidewalks if your funds are running low.
You may be able to find travel guitars at your local music store. However, there's a wider variety to be had online. You may even commission a luthier to specially build you one. Whichever way you find the instrument of your choice, it's one of the best investments you can make.
By their very nature, guitars are portable. However, some are specifically designed with travel in mind. A travel guitar is smaller than the usual size for these instruments. Unlike a ukulele, which produces a more high-pitched sound, it sounds just like a regular guitar.
One of the greatest things about travel guitars is that they're so easy to take with you on the airplane. Most are designed to fall within the maximum dimensions for a piece of baggage as allowed by most airlines. They're incredibly light too, so you won't have to pay extra for excess baggage. Best of all is that they're small enough to take with you as hand luggage, so you don't have to worry about your instrument being damaged by careless baggage handlers at the airport.
One of the joys of backpacking is that instead of traveling in air-conditioned tour buses, you normally travel in local modes of transport. These tend to be rickety buses or trucks or, in some areas, boats. While people can, and do, take anything imaginable onto these vehicles, from furniture to livestock, larger pieces of luggage normally have to go onto the luggage tack on the roof. This can slow you down and you don't get to keep an eye on your belongings either, but a travel-sized instrument can be kept with you instead.
Many backpacking destinations offer incredible opportunities for trekking through jungle or among mountains. These journeys can take a few days and you may very well be completely removed from civilization for the duration. You'll be glad that you've brought a musical instrument to help pass the long evenings but you'll be even more grateful that this instrument weighs hardly anything and is easy to carry around.
The instrument comes in handy for hostel life too. It helps promote social interaction as people get together to make music. However, it also allows you to escape the crowds and find a form of meditation while you sit an play somewhere quiet.
Taking a musical instrument along on your journey can even help you finance your trip. In many backpacking towns, bar and restaurant owners are always looking for live entertainment and if you're good enough, they might pay you to play at their establishments while you're in town. You can even go busking at a marketplace or on the sidewalks if your funds are running low.
You may be able to find travel guitars at your local music store. However, there's a wider variety to be had online. You may even commission a luthier to specially build you one. Whichever way you find the instrument of your choice, it's one of the best investments you can make.
