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We are in Rotorua, New Zealand.  The is a major center for a Maori population so I want to spend some significant time here.  Since I knew the tour visit would be brief I have reservations to come back here on my own when the tour part is over.  I contacted to hotel where I will be staying when I return and asked if I could leave a bag there.  I'm tired of schlepping a bag and a backpack.  The longer I travel the more I realize what I didn't need to bring.

I know travel always makes me more sensitive to my "stuff". When I have to carry it on and off of buses and boats, up three flights of stairs, through airport security, etc. I become much more selective about what is and is not important.  Is it for my well being? My comfort? I think it may be time to ship another box home so I have room to start shopping.  But carrying everything also makes me rethink shopping.  Do I really need to have it?

I guess it is ultimately about having things and being weighed down or being unburdened and having amazing experiences.  I am always so much wiser in hindsight. 

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