Travelling for two weeks, I set myself the challenge to only take carry on luggage in a medium size bag to (almost) airline specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trip was to Thailand so I wouldn’t need warm clothes and this made it feasible. Also I chose to take only a small travel camera and not a larger SLR and this helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n # – Didn’t use<\/p><\/td> 1 x Cargo Pants (lots of pockets) Bathroom<\/em><\/p> Medicines & painkillers For my return as I had bought a dry bag that took up space in my rucksack, I jettisoned a t-shirt and my battered reef shoes. They are \u00a310 on Amazon so will be cheap to replace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bought a 2 Gb data Thai sim card for my phone in Bangkok airport. Combined with wifi in all the hotels this was enough for 2 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I took washing powder (less than 100g) and used this for one wash. The tube broke and that was it. I had barely enough clothes as the weather was so humid and really should have bought a couple more t-shirts while there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I bought a gel to put on mosquito bites for 7 baht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Travelling so light made the trip much easier. I changed hotel 7 times and caught two long tail boats in Krabi. I was constantly being asked where my luggage was. I did have a few concerns about the size of my rucksack getting on planes. The pack was deeper than the allowed amount, the other dimensions were fine, but there was never a problem. I took 7 flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I took two small guide books. One for Chiang Mai and one for Bangkok. I photoed pages of a book on the islands so I woudn’t need to take this larger book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I’m doing a short haul trip such as to Europe for up to five days I may take a larger SLR instead of a travel camera. This has much better quality video and photographs are higher resolution. As the trip is shorter I need fewer clothes so I can fit the SLR in the same 30 litre bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSmall rucksack
Credit Cards
\u00a3’s \/ $’s, Foreign currency
Passport
Insurance \/ Photo insurance
Flight Tickets & seat reservations
Travel to Airport
Accommodation details & maps
Folder for itinery
Guides & maps
Travel camera + charger + spare memory cards
GoPro + charger cable + floatation stick
Charged phones x 2 with credit + chargers
Phone waterproof case (#)
Headphones
Adapter for country
Music on phone & podcasts
Watch
Pen
Wallet
Keys
Money belt
Address list
Torch (#)
Umbrella (#)
Spork (#)
Plastic bags for clothes etc
Copy of passport and driving licenceClothes<\/em>
1 x Tracksuit bottoms (for hotel)
1 pair shorts
1 x Fleece
3 x t shirts
3 x Undies
2 x Socks
2 x Belt
Waterproof
Comfy Trainers
Trunks
Swim shorts
Water shoes
Swim goggles
Washing powder<\/p>
Toothpaste and brush
Little big towel (#)
Deodorant
Razor + lead
Wet wipes (#)
Mosquito roll on
Plasters (#)
Small scissors (taken at airport)
Diarrhoea tablets (#)Spare specs (#)
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