The prospect of living out of a backpack for an extended period of time is a little daunting. All the luxuries I’ve grown accustomed to will soon vanish.
I’ll go from living in an upscale 700 sq ft suite with all the amenities to bunking with 5 other people in a small room with a shared bathroom down the hall.
And my life – my entire life – will be contained in a 2ft by 1ft backpack.
That being said, here is my entire life for the next 7 months:
Clothes
2 pairs of shoes
4 t-shirts
2 pairs underwear, 4 socks
1 pair sweat pants, 1 pair jeans
2 jackets
The bundle wrap
Toiletries
FRONT OF BAG
Electric razor, Hand sanitizer
Toothbrush, Toothpaste
Deodorant, Bar soap, Brush
CARRY ON BAG
Travel toothbrush/toothpaste
Kleenex, Hand sanitizer
Brush, Tylenol
Stuff in the mesh pockets of my backpack
ELECTRONICS
Flashlight, Extra batteries
World travel adapter
Extension cord, Wine crank
Different chargers, Ear plugs
MORE TOILETRIES
Sunscreen, Tide travel packets
Bandaids, Lactaid, Neo Citron
Sudafed,
Loperamide
Spork
ALL IN THE MESH POCKETS
Everything all packed
nice and tidy
Outside pocket of my backpack
Folding mesh pocket
for document storage
Everything all packed away
Backpack open
Backpack zipped up
Carry on bag / Day pack
And that’s it – my whole life for the next 7 months. I CAN’T WAIT!
8 days to go…
Euro Trip 2013, Pretrip, Trip Journal