I decided to shoot a small video where I tell and show the contents of my backpack, which I usually take with me to Asia and, in particular, to Thailand for wintering (that is, for 3-6 months). once I already wrote an article about what to take to Thailand with my tips, but also decided to lay out exactly what I have in a backpack when I go without a child. Anyway that post too I recommend reading to people who are going to warm Tai and quite It does not represent what things to take with you. Plus there in the comments also someone expressed his opinion.
The content of the article
- 1 Contents of my backpack
- 1.1 Videos
- 1.2 List
- 1.3 Why I travel with a backpack
- 2 How to reduce the number of things
- 2.1 Enough a backpack of 30-50 liters for a traveler
- 2.2 What not to take
Contents
My backpack
Video
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Clothes and shoes
T-shirts – 5 pcs. Shorts – 2 pcs. Pants – 1 pcs. Sweatshirt – 1 pc. (Needed in buses, trains and airplanes, air conditioners are creepy) Waterproof jacket or raincoat – 1 pc Briefs – 5 pcs Socks – 2 pairs of light and 1 pair warmer Tourist sandals – 1 pair Rubber flip flops – 1 pair (needed to go to the shower or on beach)
Useful stuff
Plastic tray and spoon (storage tray, spoon for mango and papaya) Knife for fruit Thread with a needle A piece of rope (dry laundry, in cases when the laundry is far away or breaks to go) Kettle and green tea (I drink tea every day constantly) First Aid Kit (minimum set: plaster, iodine, citramon, activated Coal, Nurofen) Waist bag for wallet and documents Solar points (comfortable to ride a bike)
Equipment
One or two phones (I don’t have a two-part phone, so often two) Laptop Camera + lenses (our set of photographic equipment) Two bags with accessories and charging Surge protector (as As a rule, I do not have enough outlets in the guesthouses)
Contents of my backpack traveling in Asia
Why do I travel with a backpack
I will explain a little why I travel with a backpack. Because i I don’t like horror when my hands are busy, I feel with a backpack much more mobile. I never go in the city with bags, always only a city backpack. Also in the same Tae, the sidewalks almost not, which means the bag or suitcase on wheels turns into heavy burden. Clearly, there is a taxi, but still somehow lost mobility. But I do not persuade, do not think. If the suitcase it will turn out very small and light, or if you come for a couple weeks and not going to move from place to place, then you backpack hardly needed. For example, when I come to Tai with the whole family (wife and child), then we have with us 1-2 suitcases and hand luggage in form of urban backpacks.
My backpack usually weighs about 15 kg, about 10 kg of which is equipment. Such a weight on the shoulders is much easier to feel than in hands. See below for how to reduce it.
How to reduce the number of things
Enough backpack 30-50 liters for a traveler
In fact, for Asia, a 30-50 liter pack is enough. similar to what I have used as an urban one. You they saw that there was little clothing and it would easily fit in it. But y me with a pretty weighty set of photo and computer equipment, including various wiring, charging, and other accessories. With them shove in 30 liters is already much more difficult, but again you can, if you try. I just don’t like it when a backpack is cracking at the seams and at the same time, I have no space left at all. Better to let my 70-liter backpack (how to choose a hiking backpack) it will be half empty and I will be able to throw a bag with products on the way, or, leaving the country, put gifts to your loved ones, or any other things that appear in my of the way. I remember once drove the blanket when I moved from Chiang Mai to Phuket
Check out my review of the light version of my backpack. I have there just a city backpack and generally a minimum of things. This option great for minimalists and for those who don’t like to take things in luggage. In this format, I also travel, depending on the situation, for example, if it lasts only a couple of weeks. After switched to Macbook and mirrorless, it has become much easier to get into smaller volumes.
What not to take
If I set myself the goal of reducing the number of things, then it would be possible not to take some of them, because without them do, and almost everything can be bought on the spot without any problems. therefore Below are some adjustments to my set for lovers. minimalist or active travelers. Still there is a difference when you go for half a year and combine travel with work, sitting on location, or just a vacation in a couple of weeks when there is only journey.
- Do not take a surge protector if you charge a little technology. If necessary, buy on the spot.
- Do not take a kettle and rent hotels more expensive, there it will already be. AT Recently, I also came to this option.
- To dispense with a raincoat, bought in 7-eleven.
- Do not take a first aid kit, especially if you do not have any chronic diseases, and buy travel insurance! It is much more practical, because, and the doctor will look, and the right medications will write out.
- Do not take soap-ryl accessories, as in normal hotels (and not super budget) often all this is available (soap and shampoo). And also because it is sold at every corner in 7/11.
- Take only one universal shoe, because the same I personally rarely use rubber spankings. Although again, with staying only in the south of Thailand, just slap will be behind eyes.
- Do not take a notebook for records, for a long time everything is possible in the phone write, but I can not rebuild.
- Take even less clothes because it is sold on place
- Take with you instead of a separate city backpack any light and compact waist bag, or nothing at all if things for city walks fit into the pockets of shorts.
- Reduce the number of wires or try to pack them more compact.
- Use fewer photographic equipment and cases for because the same camera without a photo bag takes a lot less space. After some time I switched to mirrorless with one lens and all the technology has been greatly reduced.
This way you can reach the minimum set of Asian Backpacker – a small backpack, which is at least the summer clothes, laptop, compact camera and wallet. Everything!
Still there is such an option for those who are used to hang on one place for a month and more – have only a minimum set with you, and renting a house, just buying something in the house every time. But I I really don’t like to throw out something, especially when the thing is not spoiled, so I rarely do that. True, you can not throw away and leave the next tenants, and if the thing will be useful (blender any), they will only be happy.
P.S. If someone has thoughts, how to do something more Universal in my set, please unsubscribe in the comments. Or I will be glad to hear other points of view on the number of things when traveling to Asia.
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