Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.
It's the job that even the most enthusiastic traveller hates: packing. But just how essential are the things that we take with us? That was the question that Rolf Potts aimed to answer on the 'no-baggage challenge'. However, the task wasn't simply a question of - going off for a week to soak up the sun on a beach. Rolf had to travel 50,000 km by plane and get around eleven countries in 42 days with just the things he could carry in his pockets. Would he be able to do it?
Rolf was certainly well qualified enough to try. He was an experienced traveller who wrote a blog that had become a big favourite with people who wanted advice about budget travel. Now he planned to update it with regular reports about travelling extremely light.
His first 'no-baggage challenge' entry listed the items that he took with him: a toothbrush and toothpaste, a small bottle of soap, a mobile phone and charger, deodorant, sunglasses, a passport, cash and a credit card. His second entry explained that he had got into the habit of showering twice a day and washing his clothes before going to bed. By the third entry, he was really enjoying luggage-free travel.
When Potts got back, he did recognise that a few extra items would have been useful, and when he is travelling in the future, he will take a small bag with him. But, he says, he will never pack any 'just in case' items again, because the imagined situations that they are packed for never, ever happen.
(Adapted from Solutions 3rd Edition by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)
