What to Bring?
Who would have thought that we would need all of this to go around the world?
- Victorinox E-motion 360 Bag (backpack with wheels) – Lila
- REI Grand Tour Travel Pack – Jeff
- Single mosquito nets
- REI Sleeping Sacks
- TRX Travel Gym
- Olympus Stylus 1030SW digital camera and three 2-gig XD cards, card reader for Internet cafes (camera goes 33ft underwater without housing!)
- Sony Reader digital book and travel guides (also plays mp3s!)
- Solio Solar charger with various cables and attachments
- Inverter (to charge camera with the Solio)
- 8-gig SD flash drive (to back up photos)
- Leatherman Tool – “Juice”
- Water bottles with charcoal filters
- Mask and snorkel, rash guards
- Small compass / temp gauge
- Flint striker (won’t need it, but I’ve watched way too many episodes of Man Versus Wild to go without)
- Sun glasses, reading glasses, eye glass prescriptions
- 2 passports each (we need a separate one for Syria?)
- Really good shoes
- Toiletries
- A very small amount of clothing