Our backpacks are (mostly) packed. Our flights are only (partially) booked. And we are mentally (not at all) prepared!
Anyway, below you will see several images of the invasion of the packing list. Through various trade studies we have settled on the clothing items you see below. It was a fine balance of "How to avoid swamp ass" with "Let's not give the creepy men something to look at."
If you are all interested, here's what the final packing list looked like:
Daia:
Backpacks:
Both Adi and I settled on the Osprey Farpoint 55Ls. Essentially it's a 40L backpack with a detachable 15L daybag. These bad boys will be our closet, pharmacy, entertainment, and close companions for the next 4 months!
Clothing
Pants: 4 pairs of pants (including 1 jean)
Leggings (because if you know you know)
3 skirts (2 for religious temples and 1 to go out)
13 shirts (3 linen shirts, 3 t-shirts, 6 sleeveless shirts, 1 fun vest)
Black Puffer Jacket (Rule #1 of Outerwear: If it doesn't fold into a pocket, it doesn't go on this trip)
Rainjacket (See Rule #1)
Merino Sweater (Because I swear by a good merino sweater to the day I die and then probably be buried in it)
7 Pairs of underwear, 1 bra, and 2 sports bras
3 Pairs of Shorts
Hat
Shoes
Hokas (Come walking or running, the guy from REI said the Mach 6s will do it all)
Lowa Renegade (Best hiking shoe I have found so far)
Brown Tevas (Because what screams backpacker more than this shoe)
Brown flip flops (The only thing that will save me from committing to full fashion faux pas)
Toiletries
Monthly contacts (because good luck fitting dailies in a backpack)
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Moisturizer
A million and one tampons because apparently these haven't been invented in the rest of the world
Sunscreen
Makeup
Glasses
Retainer
3 Hairbands
Chapstick
Compressible hair brush
Medication
Malaria pills
Ciproflaxin (because traveler's diahreea is apparently a thing..god bless you Andrew Fleming)
Acetazomalide (fancy name for high altitude sickness pills)
Misc
Garmin watch
Garmin chargers
Iphones
Iphone chargers
Kindle (Pro tip: download books from library and immediately put in airplane mode:) )
Kindle chargers
DJI Osmo
Travel notebook (sponsored by the RADDR team)
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