South East Asia Packing List

AAAAAAAAAAAAND WE’RE BACK! As some of you know I am now living in beautiful Melbourne Australia working for Lululemon by day and slinging drinks as a bartender by night. One might say that I have reintegrated myself into the matrix and I am walking amongst the unsaved. One of the down sides to doing this is time really flies by. I was thinking back to my trip yesterday while on a tram home from work and I realized something horrible… I WAS FORGETTING PARTS OF IT! SO I am really going to try and hammer out my next few blog posts. Also, one thing I really wish I did was document my whole experience better. If I had brought a little netbook computer with me I could have been blogging, making notes, editing picture, and uploading files while backpacking! I also wish I brought a “Go Pro”! They really aren’t that expensive and you can use it under water, which really would have come in handy! Unfortunately I did not any of these things. But you live and you learn and you know what they say “Experience is what you get with things don’t go your way”. SOOOOOOOOO I thought I would post my South East Asia Packing List and a list of things I really wish I had brought with me on my trip. So any of you can learn from my mistakes.

Things I wish I brought:
- A little netbook
- A waterproof camera
- A rain cover for my bag
- Big tube of Polysporin and tons of bandaids 

Things you HAVE TO BRING!!!:
- Headlight
- iPod touch (kindle app, good player app, know how to use GPS, Skype with credit, skyscanner and Agoda app)
- Debut/Visa card
- Camel pack equipped daypack
- Good slip on shoes
- A solid neck pillow

Things To Get Before You Go:
- Flight
- Visas (Vietnam and China are the only ones you have to do in advance. Ask me
any info you want about these specifically. I also got a two month visa for Thailand the second time I went back in and a two month visa for Indo.)
- Shots (I got Jap-enseph shot and don’t regret it. It was all piece of mind)
- Fill any prescriptions to last the length of your trip
- Ensure your passport is valid for at least 2 years
- Register with the Canadian Embassy to let them know where you will be and for
how long

South East Asia Packing List:
- Large travel pack 45 Litre is the best because it’s the biggest bag I believe that will fit in overhead compartment on a plane! Low cost airlines charge a lot for checking a bag. So if you cannot have to get hit with these charges each time you fly that is awesome! (Bring a backpack rain cover!)
- Money belt (waterproof is a good idea!)
- Smaller daypack (Mine has a camel pack built in and I LOVE it)
- Photocopies of passport, travel insurance, any other important docs
- Passport photos (BRING LIKE 6 EXTRA!)
- iPod and headphones (You need a solid ipod touch or iphone SOO USEFUL!!!)
- Small laptop/netbook. I really wish I had brought a little netbook. For movies, surfing the internet, blogging, but most of all uploading pics. My camera’s memory card got three viruses from random computer cafes. Have a plan for uploading pics!)
- A Kindle is a good investment but you can just get the kindle app for your ipod touch!
- Camera (Extra batteries and memory cards)
- Chargers for all electronics and adapters. Just buy one universal one. (You really don't need an adapters for most of SEA. Every wall socket is north American accessible! Except indo and Oz)
- First aid kit
- Solid shampoo, soap/face wash (the least amount of liquids, the better. I just took tons of extra soaps from hostels and never bought one haha.)
- Sunscreen and Zinc!!!!!!!!!!  spf 60 waterproof worked wonders for me.
- Sleeping bag liner OPTIONAL (light weight) I only used mine three times the whole seven months haha. But it was nice to have when I did need it.
- Runners, flip flops, and slip on shoes
- Long sleeve shirt and at least 1 pair of long pants
- Pack light for clothing, a handfull of tanks/t-shirts, shorts and bathing suits. (Its great I just wear bathing suits all day log! NO UNDERWEAR! U WILL LOVE IT!)
- Don’t bring a Mosquito net (Most places have one set up if needed)
- bug spray/lotion
- Padlock (bring 2 or 3 small ones to lock up your back and for mini lock boxes at hostels)
- HEADLAMP!!!
- Swiss Army Knife
- Safety Pins
- Ziplock Bags
- Ear Plugs
- Don’t bring toilet paper (you can grab a roll when your down here)
- Towel (one of those dope lu lu quick dry towels)
- Silk Long Johns of very breezy hiking pants
- Rain Gear(MEC Jacket)
- Hat to protect from sun (YES!)
- Sunglasses (you can buy them down here if you want.)
- Travel alarm clock (just use your ipod)