Clothing and Equipment List
A good book! Not only will a good book help you pass the time while you're waiting for your connection, you can read up on your destination.Over 20,000 hard-to-find and must-have guidebooks, maps, narratives and videos
You can kill two birds with one stone (well, not literally) by joining the Sierra Club. Not only will you be helping one of the country's largest advocacy groups, they'll keep you up to date on environmental issues and debates, and send you a free backpack!
Join Sierra Club - special $15 introductory offer.
Carry a list of your credit cards, traveler's checks, phone cards, etc., with contact phone numbers in the event that they are lost or stolen. It is also a good idea to leave this list with someone at home.
Passport (and a photocopy of the first page)
Additional identification (driver's license, copy of birth certificate)
Money belt or pouch (preferably one which fits inside your shirt or pants)
Daypack (to be used on hikes. Backpack needs to be big enough to hold your lunch, camera, waterbottle, rainjacket and extra sweater)
Lightweight rain jacket
Lightweight pants or skirts (include something casually dressy)
T shirts & long sleeved shirts (include something casually dressy)
Shorts
Wool sweater or polypro jacket
Polypro or wool underwear (tops and bottoms)
Comfortable walking/hiking boots
Sandals
Bathing suit
Sunhat
Personal medications/toiletries (an extra inhaler or bee sting kit is advisable if you need them. When traveling internationally keep meds in original labeled bottles)
Sunscreen
Water bottle
Moist towelettes-you can buy a box of individually wrapped towelettes at drugstores. Stick a few in your purse, your moneybelt, suitcase, backpack, in the pocket of every pair of pants or skirts you bring. After you've slurped up that mango you'll be so glad you did!
Zip lock bags-good for packing the underwear you washed the night before and didn't quite dry, or the seashells you tried to stop picking up on the beach (but there was always one more!). I put my traveler's checks and passport in a small ziplock before putting them into the moneybelt which I wear under my clothes. It saves them from getting damp and sweaty.
Panty liners- slap a panty liner onto your undies and you'll be liberated to pee anywhere.
camera and film
binoculars
journal/sketch book
flashlight
earplugs (if you snore, be a doll and bring a pair for your roommate)
guidebooks/dictionary
pocket calculator (for figuring out those exchange rates)
a map of your State or the US-these are fun to show locals where you come from and to leave behind as a gift. If you're a member of AAA you can get them for free.
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