It always seems to be heavy. No matter how hard I try, whether it's a small backpack and I'm heading for the hills or a big suitcase for a round-the-world trip, my bags are always packed to the gunnels.
Cattle or first class?
I love business ... Stretched out, aBloody Mary (just the one ... oh go on, twist my arm ... ) and then non-stop movies. Alas, it's more often squeezed down the back with the seat in front squashing my dinner tray.
My giant Louis Vuitton fine wool scarf. It looks just the part up the front of the plane and doubles as a cosy blanket down the back. Plus I always have a notebook and pen. I have some of my most creative thoughts when travelling - away from the routine of daily life you have time to notice the smallest things, which are often the greatest.
Most memorable trip?
In New Zealand, a road trip in winter around the East Cape with one of my dearest friends. We met the most amazing people along the way. Abroad, it has to be India - the colours, the flavours, the people. It's intense at times and unbelievably freeing at others.
Anywhere you step off a plane and are enveloped in warm, fragrant, exotic air. You know you've arrived somewhere completely different and no matter how long you've been on a cramped plane, there's a wonderful sense of anticipation for what adventures lie ahead.
Amanda Linnell is the editor of Viva - the fashion, food, wine and design magazine which is free in in your NZ Herald every Wednesday.
