Travel packing essentials
Author Cynthia from Waltzing Australia left a detailed comment on the post ‘Having the time of your life travelling solo’ .
She shared some of her travel packing essentials for travelling light. Thanks Cynthia!
Cynthia’s comment has inspired me to get started a compilation of travel packing essentials for us travellers who like to enjoy champagne travel on a beer budget. I would love you to contribute!
So… when you embark on a journey, what is it that you won’t leave home without?
To get us started, my essential item for travelling light but still travelling with style is…
a sarong!
I have a cream-coloured sarong that has been my travelling companion since it was purchased in Santorini, Greece 6 years ago. I use it as a blanket on planes & trains, use it as a wrap or scarf (especially if I need to get modest quick when travelling - i.e. when entering temples in Asia), use it as a casual skirt or top depending on how I wrap it, and of course I use it as a sarong down the beach.
What can you add to the list?
December 15th, 2007 at 11:55 am
For me, one essential to traveling in style is staying healthy — so I never leave home without Emergen-C. It prevents dehydration on airplanes, when very active, or in hot regions, and the big hit of vitamin C plus B vitamins helps boost your immune system and relieve stress. I also like to travel with long skirts — they make wacky bathroom arrangements less daunting and are acceptable more places than pants are (for example, in Bali, where even my male guide couldn’t go into some temples because he was wearing pants).Two skirts and five tops, and I can stay on the road almost indefinitely.