Final Packing List Check

Assorted sizes of best quality ziplock bags- ever so handy! I use gallon sized ones for loads of things-especially if you have something wet-very dirty-yucky-likely to spill-or deliciously gooey that needs to be seperated.

Congrats on your trip, we are just finishing up our 14th month trip. Your list looks really good.

A few suggestions:

I would recommend another pair or two of boxers or boxer briefs. Especially with the sports your going to be playing, and they are easy to pack you do not want to have to do laundry every day. Same goes for the socks, I would bring another pair or two of the light weight ones.

I would recommend ditching the umbrella and bringing a nice North Face, REI, or Patagonia rain jacket that will be able to double as your top layer when it gets chilly.

If you are not going to be in that much cold weather (which it looks like you are not going to be) then I would only bring one or two long sleeve shirts. The capilene shirts will be your best friends, I would take at least two maybe three. They air out every few days and are easy to wash and hang up in your room to dry.

If you are hiking alot then maybe another pair of pants incase one gets wet and you need the other to keep dry. These have been the hardest for me to find traveling at least a good pair that is. The ones with the zip offs for shorts are a nice option. I love my North Face zip offs, they hold up well and have great pockets.

The medkit is good and just so you know, you can get most anything you need from the pharmacies around the world, most of the time cheaper.

You can find Mosquito spray along the way in those area's.

I would change the maglight flashlight for a nice head lamp as it will come in more handy ie reading a book at night or walking in the dark.

Are you bringing a day pack type back pack?

Ziplock quart and gallon bags are life savers for keeping things dry.

Bring an small utility knife of some sort.

Extra battery for the camera is nice (has saved us many times), and another memory card doesn't hurt.

If you are looking to drop a few things then I would cut the hat and gloves as you can find them very cheap when you get to a cold environment like Tibet.

If you have any other questions send us an email.

Good luck and best of travels.

Onesweetearth

www.onesweetearth.com

Seems like a really good list. I would maybe bring extra boxers, my husband brought 4 and is wishing he had more (but then he hates doing laundry). The dryer sheet thing seems genius! Our clothes and bag could definitely use some freshining up, never thought of it. Thanks! Also, I agree with ziploc bags of all sizes and maybe some large plastic bags for clothes (unless your compression sacks cover that) but something waterproof is good. Also, are you spending much time in cities? I never thought I would bring jeans traveling, but have been so thankful to have them on this trip (but we're spending a good amount of time in Europe and Buenos Aires. Have a blast!

A clothes line for hanging clothes and wrap some duck tape around a pen. It will come in very handy.

Possibly the best website I've seen for first timers kevin is this one.

http://travelindependent.info/

Perhaps it would be worth a look.

Thanks, guys.

Wayworm - yup, that site is a classic.

Jjvann - what have you used the duct tape for in the past? I've seen this mentioned, but in less-extended previous trips, I've never found a use for it.

Calypso - Even back home, I'm not much of a jeans guy. When Europeans talk about the poorly-dressed American, they're probably talking about me, I'm afraid. The clothes I've picked up so far dry ridiculously quickly - I've just laid them on the side of my bed to test overnight, and they're dry to go the next morning. I figure this should make the laundry pretty painless.

Onesweetearth - Thanks for the exhaustive comments! I think you're right about the hat and gloves - no sense wasting the space until I get there. I'm lucky with the batteries in that my camera just takes AAs.

RTWdreamer - Good call on the ziplocs; I won't forget them.

I've always taken duct tape on trips and never used it, until now when I've had to tape up blisters or hold down plasters that are covering blisters. In that respect, its been my most valuable item. Over the course of a year you'll find a use for it.

I'd also double up on the ear plugs. You always lose one rolling about.

By the way, where did you get the EE 900 PC from? I'm dying to get one, but I thought they hadn't come out yet.

The 900 is out in April, so we've got a little more of a wait.

Hey Kevincure,
I'm curious- what's the glue stick for?