May 12, 2005
Noah's List of Travel Items
This is a list of what I take when I travel. All of this fits into or is strapped onto a forty liter black Kelty backpack.
1x long sleeved grey Patagonia thermal shirt,
1x short sleeved cotton shirt,
1x short sleeved button up shirt,
4x pairs of underwear, 1x pair of blue
Patagonia long johns,
2x pairs of socks,
1x thin grey fake Patagonia fleece
pull over,
1x maroon fake Patagonia fleece vest,
1x orange beanie,
1x thick black Tawonga beanie,
1x medium weight grey and black fake North Face down
jacket,
1x pair of grey Ben Davis pants,
1x pair of grey cargo shorts,
2x snot rags,
1x well endowed first aid kit,
6x toothbrushes,
1x tube of Toms of Maine fennel tooth paste,
1x bar of soap,
1x bottle of Burts Bees bug repellant,
1x small bottle of sandalwood lotion,
1x semi-disposable razor & extra blades, 2x flat oval combs,
1x wash cloth,
1x small box of incense with lighter,
1x hand made incense holder,
1x bundle of extra zip-lock bags,
1x sewing kit,
1x digital watch,
1x Canon digital camera plus battery recharger,
1x pair of 510 hiking boots,
1x pair of Chaco sandals,
1x roll of toilet paper,
1x medium sized hand sewn satchel,
1x Nalgene narrow necked water bottle,
1x Tawonga baseball cap,
1x orange and black 30 degree sleeping bag,
1x seven foot orange fleece blanket,
1x small travel pillow,
1x address book, a couple of dharma books & a few bits of paper with important bits of information on them.
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May 04, 2005
Arrival of the Fittest
Having been to Nepal before I knew what I was getting myself into and what to be ready for when I came back.
Specifically things like towering mountains, great food, spicy culture, getting lost, food poisoning, influenza, weight loss etc, etc.
So to prepare myself for it all I put on a
few extra pounds, dug out my old crinkled map of Kathmandu and beefed up my first aid kit. Certainly I'm all for overcoming the obstacles of arriving in a new unknown place and making the best of a difficult situation. I'm well skilled in navigating labyrinthine streets, weaving through crowds with a heavy pack, finding a place to stay and safe food to eat, but it is so much easier showing up in a place like Kathmandu for the second time and knowing
how the show is run.
Even my experience of flying from San Francisco to Kathmandu via Taipei and Bangkok was no more complicated than stopping off at a couple of friends houses on the way back home from work.
After about 25 hours in transit I walked out of the airport terminal and met the barrage of taxi drivers with my head up, already knowing exactly where I wanted to go, how to get there and how much I was about to be ripped off. Simple luxuries.
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