I'm just back from my trip to Thailand where I learnt diving, was a beach bum,
shopped till I dropped and took a quick 2-day detour to Siem Reap. The trip panned over 17 days, of which 5 were
spent at Ban’s Dive Resort.
For my trip I decided to chuck the suitcase with wheels and
instead opt for a rucksack. I purchased my
backpack in May 2014, before my maiden Himalayan Trek to Roopkund. It’s a Quechua 60L hiking backpack in brown
colour, nothing fancy. I bought it at an
unbelievable price of INR 2,400/- on snapdeal, though their service is not up to the mark. Check
the backpack out here.
I also carried a funky cloth backpack which was gifted to me
on my birthday, my lowerpro toploader 50 AW camera bag which fits my DSLR, prime lens, zoom lens and camera charger and a small peachsling from Lavie,
again a gift.
My backpack weighed around 16-17 kgs, luckily under the 20 kgs baggage limit.
Now, I must admit, I over-packed even this time!
Here’s what I took with me, the struck off
points are the things I could have avoided:
Clothes
1 Jeans
1 quick dry track pants
1 Denim skirt
2 gangis
PS - I rolled up all my clothes, except tops/ gangis which I carried in fishnet washing bags to avoid ruining the ironing
Footwear
1 flip flop
1 paid of funky flats
1 shoes
4 pairs of socks
Accesories
1 fedora hat
2 pairs of sunglasses
Toiletries
Shampoo and conditioner
Lofaah
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Moisturizer/ Face cream
Small bottle of talc
Deodorant
Other
Prints of all airtickets, ferry tickets, hotel/ hostels
Basic medicines
Mobile charger, Pendrive, JBL flip speaker (including
charger), headphones
Ankle and knee caps ended up buying this
Functional all weather backpack (30L) instead of funky backpack
Rucksack rain cover - barely managed to escape the rain
Rain poncho - ended up buying this
Waist pouch for money/ passport
Rolled my tees/ tops instead of using fish-net washing bags
Rolled my tees/ tops instead of using fish-net washing bags
Do let me know what you guys carry in your backpack!!
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