I've read a couple 'what to pack'-lists, and Brain has read them too, and we both agree that those have been written by men. So here's the female version, well one of them. I don't know if I end up taking all of these things with me or the amounts that I mention, but I'm sure I'll do an updated post right after packing before leaving or once we're back.
Random:
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping pad (is that it in English??)
- Watch & Alarm clock
- TICKETS!!!
- Phone & Camera chargers
- Extra memory cards
- Insurance Cards
- Medications (own first aid kit with whatever you're used to using, painkillers, bandaids etc)
- Scissors
- Some kind of a multitasking tool. Bottle & can opener, corkscrew, knife etc.
- Pens & notebook (diary)
- Passport & driver's license if you own one. Copies of passport as well.
- Sun lotion (SPF 30 and SPF 50 for me)
- Lunch pack thing, well the cutlery + plate in it and a cup of some sort.
- Playing cards for the longish train rides
- Presents for the people who we are staying with
Clothes:
- Thin towel x1
- Bikinis x1-2
- Jeans x1 (leaving home wearing them)
- Hoodie x1 (leaving home wearing them)
- Long sleeve shirt x1
- T-shirts x3-4
- Tank tops x4 (OR x3 + 1x tube top)
- Underwear x6-7
- Bras x2 (black & white, possibility to remove straps)
- Socks x3 (short ankle socks) (and maybe x1 high ankle socks)
- Sandals x1 (leather, "fancier" sandals, work with a dress
- Sporty sandals x1 for hiking, longer walks etc
- Sneakers x1 (leaving home wearing them)
- Flip flops x1 for wearing while showering at hostels/campsites... Don't want to catch anything.
- Capris x1
- Shorts x1-2
- Dress x1
- Skirt x1
- Bandana scarf x1-2
- Small black bag for when going out
- An over-the-shoulder bag where passports etc are carried in front of you when you're carrying the big backpack. Also when not carrying the backpack a shoulder bag is good to have in town for water bottles & whatever you carry with you while in town.
Toiletries:
- Toothpaste & toothbrush
- Hair brush
- Marseilles-soap for washing clothes on the road
- Floss
- Hair removal things of choice
- Minimal makeup, absolute necessities (mascara x1, black eyeliner pencil x1, a neutral eyeshadow palette with 3 eyeshadows, mineral powder foundation)
- Shampoo & Hair conditioner, in small bottles
- Face wash
- Qtips
- Tweezers
- Nail file or clippers
- Hairbands, hair clips or whatever needed to keep hair in control
- Toilet paper roll.
The tent Brain and I will be splitting in two. She's taking an mp3-player and I playing cards. I don't think we'll need two Marseilles-soaps cause one is quite big to begin with. We'll probably make do with one phone charger since they're the same kind. Camera battery charger I need to take with cause we have different kinds of batteries.
My backpack is either 55L or 60L depending on which one I'm going to take.
