The Packing List

When we started traveling and going abroad, we got in the habit of writing a post about what we were bringing with us. It proved to be an invaluable way to help us pack for the next time. So, here’s what we’re bringing with us for the next six months! All in all, Tommy is carrying about 40-50 lbs and Katie around 30-40. Our parents are meeting us in March and will bring us some new clothes, take off some of our cold weather clothing, and replace our reading material.

Gear:

– 2 internal frame backpacks, 105/90 L capacity

– 2 booksacks

– 2 cotton towels

– money belts (passports, immunization certificates, credit/debit cards, international/us drivers license, international student id cards, health insurance, scuba diving license)

– nylon travel hammock

– PDA + collapsible keyboard, charger, SD to USB converter, and 2gb SD card (2007 CIA World Factbook, entire Wikipedia sans images, English dictionary, Eng/Spanish dictionary, entire IMDB, international dialing code spreadsheet, unabridged Shakespeare, US Army survival manual, The Count of Monte Cristo, Civil Disobedience, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, wikitravel articles on all cities we’re visiting, all hostel reservations, airline reservations, trip budget spreadsheet)

– Ipod + charger, all of our combined music libraries, podcasts (Advanced Spanish grammer, introductory Arabic), Polish for beginners course

– cell phone + charger, world SIM card

– rechargeable batteries (8), charger

– books (His: The Fate of Africa, Yugoslavia’s Bloody Collapse, The Haunted Land, In Spite of the Gods, Palestine and the Arab-Isreali Conflict, The Pol Pot Regime, Spanish verbs; Hers: A Short History of the World, A Guinea Pig’s History of Biology, The Selfish Gene, The Lying Stones of Marrakech, Colloquial Polish beginner’s course with book and CD’s on iPod)

– birding field guides (Princeton Field Guides: Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Birds of Europe, Birds of India, and Birds of Southeast Asia; Birds of Australia by Graham Pizzey and Roy Doyle)

– binoculars

– field bag

– 2 Moleskin notebooks and pens

– sketchpad, pencils, eraser

– converters, step down transformer, extension cord

– sunglasses

– handheld digital scale

– magnetic chess set

– Leatherman

– lighter

– bug spray

– toilet paper

– clothes line/retractable reel

– utensils in linen cloth

– locks (cable, padlock, three-wheel)

– lexan wineglasses and wine bottle opener

Princeton tec impulse flashlight, Petzl TIKKA headlamp

– small pillows

– digital cameras + 2 2gb SD cards, 2 4gb flashdrives, pelican strongbox, manual, small tripod

– Repair Kit (zip ties, sewing kit, spare batteries, duct tape, electric tape, twist ties, zip lock/garbage bags, rubber bands, spare straps, connectors, paper clips, safety pins, shoe laces, pencil, marker, carabiner)

– First Aid kit (doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, malarone, acetazolamide, ibuprofen, immodium, benadryl, fibercon, melatonin, midol, fluconazole, zyrtec, tape, gloves, betadine, alcohol pads, band aids, ors powder, theraflu, activated charcoal, tweezers, eye drops, earplugs, neosporin, antibiotic drops, iodine tablets, gauze, space blanket, scalpels, needles, thermometer, vomit bags, cavi wipes, ace wrap, moleskin, hand warmers, handsanitizer, Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine)

– toiletries (standard stuff)

– document wallet (flight reservations, plane/rail tickets, insurance policy, dive charts, extra passport photos, passport xeroxes)

– compasses

His clothes:

– Socks (6 calf, 5 ankle length)

– Boxers (4 cotton, 3 under armour)

– pants (1 khaki, 1 jean, 1 NorthFace converter, 1 Hyvent rainpants, brown leather belt)

– beanie, gloves, nack gaiter, thermal underwear

– Marmot Radiator 300 wt Polartec fleece

– NorthFace Hyvent rainjacket

– undershirts (1 longsleeve cotton, 2 underarmours)

– shirts (3 longsleeve, 1 cotton polo, 1 coolmax polo)

– shorts (1 nylon, 1 cotton)

– rubber overshoes

– reef flipflops

– Lands End ankle hiking shoes

Her clothes:

– pants (1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of Northface converters, rainpants, gym shorts)

– skirts (1 short, 1 long)

– shirts (4 short-sleeved cotton, 2 long-sleeved, 1 tank top, 1 underarmor)

– Marmot fleece with rainjacket

– light jacket

– hat

– gloves, neck gaiter, thermal leggings

– 7 pairs of underwear (4 cotton, 3 Ex-officio)

– 3 bras

– Reef flip flops

– Lowa hiking boots

– socks (4 ankle-length, 3 higher smartwool pairs)

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