International Travel Master Packing List

This list is a compromise between ultra-light travel and the need for
comfort on a long trip (more than two months) through developing countries. Items that may be hard to find abroad are marked with a *.

 

Accessories

Addresses (typed on a piece of paper, folded)
Book - large paperback *
Camera/film *
Calculator - small
Comb
Compass *
Credit card
Dental floss *
Dictionaries - foreign language *
Ear plugs *
Face cloth
Flashlight
Frequent flyer cards
Glue stick (for sticking stamps to envelopes/postcards) *
Guidebook(s) *
Hair elastic
ID, such as birth certificate, driver's license
Inscecticide *
Keys
List of travellers cheque numbers
Maps *
Medical kit: bandaids, antisceptic ointment, 222s, immodium, antibiotics, laxative, anti-giardia medicine, malaria pills *
Money belt - leather or vinyl type with secret, inner zipper *
Money and travellers cheques
Nail clipppers
Neck pouch to hold ID and travellers cheques *
Needle and thread
Notebook
Passport
Pens (*good pens)
Phonecard/long distance card
Photocopies of passport, birth certificate
Plastic spoon
Razors
Sunglasses
Swiss Army Knife *
Tampons/pads (*tampons not always available)
Toilet paper
Towel
Vaccination certificate
Wallet
Watch w/built-in alarm
Water bottle
Water purif. pills

Equipment

Backpack or
Duffle bag
Foldable cloth bag
Plastic bags
Sleeping bag - high altitude trekking only *
Small knapsack
Waist pouch


Clothes/Footwear

(Note: you may not be able to find clothes and shoes in your size abroad.)


Bathing suit
Blouse, short-sleeved
Lightweight jacket such as denim or
Goretex jacket (but if this gets stolen, you're out by $300 or so...) *
Flip flops
Gloves (wool) - high altitude only
Hat, with wide brim for sun protection
Hat (Wool) - high altitude only
Hiking boots or good-quality running shoes *
2 pairs of comfortable, lightweight pants
Long-sleeved top
Reef shoes *
Sandals
Sarong
Socks
Sock liners *
Shorts - long *
Skirt - at least knee-length
Sweater - fleece *
T-shirts (2 maximum)
Thermal top (high altitude only) *
Fleece tights (high altitude only) *
Underwear
Wool socks *

Cosmetics

Chapstick *
Contact lense fluid*
Deodorant
Lipstick
Multivitamins
Shampoo/conditioner
Skin lotion
Soap
Sunblock *
Toothpaste/brush
Vaseline

Optional *

Binoculars
Short Wave Radio
Walkman and tapes/CDs
Mosquito net
Collapsible umbrella

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