What I’ve packed

Easier said than done, after months of research here is my list of the things I’m taking.

• 45l back pack made for travel
• 2 x swimming shorts
• 8 x tshirts
• 3 x shirts (1 long sleeved and 2 short sleeved)
• Black jeans
• thin blue trousers
• shorts
• 1 x wool long johns + undertop from Norway (for Nepal)
• 8 x boxers
• 2 x socks
• 1 x trekking socks + 1 x tracel socks for those long flights
• 5 x low cut socks
• 1 x gortex light running shoes (water proof and ugly as hell)
• 1 x large quick drying towel (will buy face towel as well)
• 1 x warm hoodie
• 1 x eye sleeping mask
• 1 x ultra thin and warm zip up fleece
• 2 x pair of sunglasses (both worth less than £15 found on ebay but one is polarised)
• Small toiletries bag
• mosquito net (not taking chances)
• head lamp
• Silk lined sheet
• 3 x Ankar spare mobile batteries and plug-in charger with a usb slot (best thing I bought)
• emergency first aid kit (sanitised and warerproof)
• sailing license and sailing gloves
• ultra small day pack (small bright yellow thing, highly recommend it – don’t buy a large day pack you will carry around) and especially useful for checking in.
• 1TB Hard disk (transcend)
• Smartphone
• Audio splitter cable (so we can both listen to music and watch movies)
• Headphones
• 2 x Flight ear plugs
• 1 x USB phone cable
• Universal adapter (small but opens into any type of adapter – thanks Carlos)
• Waterproof pouch (thanks Marek)
• Waterpoof carrying bag (for your electronics)
• Sea to Summit waterproof compression bag (for your clothes to fit)
• pouch with all sorts of mosquito repellent crap
• 3 x soap leaves
• Plastic spoon\fork travel pack

Nina’s medicine bag which I’m carrying, enough to treat a small village. I look forward to all my border crossings.

• Anti-bacterial and waterproof plasters
• Postafen
• Paracetamol
• stretch bandage
• Ibuprofen 400mg
• Napkin pack
• Atrogel
• Pursennid
• Mosquito bite zapper
• Germolene
• Digital thermometer
• Wound Cleansing Wipes
• Water and salt replacement tablets
• Charcoal tablets (apparently a life saver for food poisoning)
• 7 x Compeed packs for those warts
• Imodium tablets
• Anti-histamin tablets
• HC45 Hydrocortisone cream
• Ultra massive tub of Melem
• For digestion: Somac, Rennie, Rupurut, Gaviscon
• Sterile Gauze
• Even more Ibuprofen (200mg)

My emergency kit:

• String
• Tape
• Compass
• Chlorine and water neutralising tablets
• Leatherman
• Whistle with temp reader (will give to Nina)
• Fire starting tinder

Need to buy:

• flip flops or sandals

and yes, it does all fit into the 45l ruck sack 🙂