How to pack like a real traveller
Don’t be a tourist, be a traveller.
A backpack
First and foremost, avoid being that person with the wheelie, bulky and impractical suitcase.
With a backpack, you’ll be the first one out of the airport, quickest to get on the local metro and first one into the hostel.
When packing, look at what you have and pack half of it.
A real traveller will only have the essentials.
Pack of playing cards
Hours and hours of old school games to be enjoyed. No internet, no TV, maybe no electricity? Cards are always there for you.
A great way to pass the day, alone, with your friends or new travel buddies.
A few of my personal favourites: shithead, international rummy and irish snap.
Ditch the guidebook
No heavy guidebook needed. No point lugging the books hundreds of kilometres around with you.
The genius alternative… Noosfeer.
Save all the useful webpages you find when you have an internet connection. You will then have access to all these articles and their up to date tips offline.
A phone is a heck of a lot lighter than a book and gives you the chance to follow the advice of fellow travellers and to explore new places discovered through your own research.
Toilet bag with ONLY the essentials
Leave the hair gel, the overnight skin cream, general bathroom cupboard crap at home.
Instead pack the important stuff: hand sanitizer, ear plugs, tiger balm, toothbrush with a plastic jacket and a toilet roll.
Sleeping bag
Travelling is an adventure, and you never know where you might end up sleeping.
Star gazing on a mountain, listening to the waves on the beach or, slightly less exotic, at the airport.
Pack a travel sleeping bag for a comfy night sleep.
A good read
There’ll be many a moment waiting for a connecting flight, 12 hour bus journey or chill out at the beach, these moment don’t seem right without a good book.
Travelling with a kindle is incredibly practical, essentially a library at your fingertips.
In case you don’t have a Kindle, Noosfeer can help you here too. Choose your favourite long reads and keep them in your reading list. They’ll always be there to keep you company.
If you fancy something a little more personal, take an actual book, you can always exchange it at a hostel along the way.
A hoodie
Even if you are going to the equator or somewhere hot, no travellers backpack is complete without a hoodie.
So handy, you never know when you might need it.
It’s like a mini safety blanket, cosy and reminds you of home.
Notepad & pen
Useful for noting down great new restaurants, cool streets, local vocabulary, travel hangman, your new fellow travellers contact details (not everyone is on Facebook!)… so small but so many uses.
Eating & drinking devices
Bottle opener for an icy cold beer you buy in a local store. It is always a must when travelling, specially after a long hot day of exploring.
Spork: a travellers best friend, serving as both a fork and spoon.
And of course a trusty penknife… well… for everything.
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