It doesn't sound like they were trying to get away from it all, but instead was an unburdening from the physical hindrances that weight down travel. A smartphon

It doesn't sound like they were trying to get away from it all, but instead was an unburdening from the physical hindrances that weight down travel. A smartphone/tablet helps in such a pursuit, replacing maps and cameras and phones and books and itineraries, etc. It also enables them modern agility because they can find a place to eat/stay/wash/etc with ease virtually anywhere -- this used to be a major problem of travel, and was the reasons we made fixed plans in advance. It sounds fantastic to me. I despise travel generally for all of the stuff that goes along with it (fixed plans, fixed times, loads of luggage), so this sounds simply brilliant to me. And for all of the talk about clothes, note that clothes are something you can buy with ease and little expense anywhere, if the situation demanded.