Gear
This page is an inventory of all of the things that we’ve brought with us on our trip. We have put a lot of thought into choosing just the right things — when you are only bringing one pair of pants, they’d better be good ones! We hope that this list will help future wanderers in their preparations. We will be reviewing our gear, writing about it, and likely trading or discarding things as we go. As we do, this list will change. We will also be adding detail to some of the items through blog postings; for example, what’s in our first aid kit, anyways?
As much as we would like to be minimalist travelers, we have brought a few extra gadgets along with us. Some are to help us keep this website updated as often as possible. Some are for tracking our journey through photos. Some are for health and security. And some are just for fun.
Mark’s pack
- Bags and Cases
- 85L Osprey Crescent backpack
- Osprey day pack
- Small dry bag
- Cloth shopping bag
- Pack rain cover
- Silk sleeping bag liner
- Headlamp
- Leatherman multitool
- Sunglasses
- Toiletries bag
- Travel towel
- Watch
- Water bottle
- Bandana
- Belt
- Buff
- Clothing stuff sack
- 2 pairs of fisherman’s pants
- Long underwear
- Long-sleeve pull-over
- 3 long-sleeve shirts
- Shorts
- 4 pairs of socks
- Swimsuit
- 4 t-shirts
- 2 pairs of travel pants
- 5 pairs of underwear
- 2 pairs of flip flops
- Gators
- Gloves
- Rain jacket
- Rain pants
- Shoes
- Softshell jacket
- Toque
- 3 mm rope
- Backpack security mesh
- 2 carabiners
- Deck of cards
- Cribbage board
- Ear plugs
- Extra shoelaces
- Hammock
- Inflatable neck pillow
- 3 Moleskine journals
- Money belt
- Sewing kit
- Sketchbook
- Steripen
- Travel power adapter
- Wallet
- Passport wallet
- 18-200mm lens
- 50mm lens
- DSLR camera
- Lens hood
- Camera bag
- Apple laptop
- External HD
- Handheld GPS
- Headphones
- Speaker
- iPhone 3G
- Laptop sleeve
- Point and shoot camera
- Solar charger
- Passport
- Driver’s license
- Health card
- IAMAT card
- Travel insurance card
- Visa (chip and pin)
- Mastercard
- Debit card (chip and pin)
- Immunization record
- Birth certificate
- Extra copies of all the above
- Extra passport photos
- The Basics
Clothing
Outerwear
Miscellaneous
Electronics
Personal documents
Meg’s pack
- Bags and Cases
- 65L Osprey backpack
- Osprey day pack
- Purse
- Pack rain cover
- Silk sleeping bag liner
- Headlamp
- Leatherman multitool
- Sunglasses
- Toiletries bag
- Travel towel
- Water bottle
- Watch
- Buff
- Dress, convertible
- 2 other dresses
- Longsleeve t-shirt
- 2 pairs of pants
- Scarf
- 2 pairs of shorts
- Swim suit
- 4 t-shirts
- 4 tanktops
- Tights
- 5 pairs of socks
- 2 bras
- 9 pairs of undies
- Clothing drybag
- Big clothing bag
- Small clothing bag
- Gators
- Gloves
- Hat
- Rain jacket
- Sandals
- Shoes
- Softshell jacket
- Toque
- Documents case
- Ear plugs
- Eye cover
- First Aid kit
- Inflatable neck pillow
- 2 journals
- Passport Wallet
- Shopping bag
- Sketchbook
- 2 sporks
- Tool kit
- Wallet
- Malaria prescription (141 days each)
- Syringe and lancet kit
- Immodium
- Cipro prescription (for severe traveller’s diarrhea)
- Malrex prescription (for jungle skin ulcers)
- Gravol
- Ibuprofen
- Band-aids and medical tape
- Tensor bandage
- Passport
- Driver’s license
- Health card
- IAMAT card
- Travel insurance card
- Visa (chip and pin)
- Mastercard
- Debit card (chip and pin)
- Immunization record
- Birth certificate
- Extra copies of all the above
- Extra passport photos
- The Basics
Clothing
Outerwear
Miscellaneous
First aid kit
Personal documents
Mark’s Top 5 gear
- Black Crocs, Crocs
- DSLR Camera, Canon XSi
- Fisherman’s pants, Market in Thailand
- Wallets, Braithewaite
- iPhone 3G, Apple
Meg’s Top 5 gear
- Silk sleeping bag liner, MEC
- Calendar journal, Moleskine
- Scarf, H&M
- Convertible dress, American Apparel
- Indonesian sandals, Eiger
Top 5 least used gear
- Warm clothes, S.E.A.
- Solar charger, Solio
- Binoculars, Azamara Quest
- Money belts, Eagle Creek
- Pack rain covers, Osprey
Mark’s Top 5 road reads
- Everything is Illuminated, J. S. Foer
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
- 1984, George Orwell
- On the Road, Jack Kerouac
- A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Meg’s Top 5 road reads
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
- Shame, Salman Rushdie
- Flaubert’s Parrot, Julian Barnes
- What is the What, Dave Eggers
- Brief Interviews w. Hideous Men, D. Wallace
Mark’s Top 5 albums on the road
- In Rainbows, Radiohead
- Slow Riot for Zero Kanada, G.Y.B.E.
- For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver
- Gulag Orkester, Beirut
- Boxer, The National
Meg’s Top 5 albums on the road
- Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
- Clap your hands and say yeah, CYHASY
- Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
- Hold Time, M Ward
- Merriweather PP, Animal Collective
Top 5 gear we wish we had
- iPad or MacBook Air, Apple
- 7D body and some better lenses, Canon
- Different shoes, runners
- Good sunglasses, for Mark
- iPod, for Meg