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- Avoiding Insect Bites
Many tropical diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever, and Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus, L
- Websites
Some of the following links are on other pages of this website. I have brought them all together on
- Books
Below is a list of just some of the books that I have bought and found useful on my travels. I usua
- Suppliers
Links to the suppliers of the travel gear I use and recommend can be found through out this site. He
- Miscellaneous
Waterproof bags Used to separate and keep various items dry in your bag. Good for keeping valuables
 Links to the suppliers of the travel gear I use and recommend can be found through out this site. Here is a list of those suppliers on one page.
I don’t work for any of the companies listed, neither do I receive any money from them to list them here. The list changes all the time as I add new suppliers and test out new gear.
I buy my equipment from companies on both sides of the Atlantic (I am both British and American). US-based companies and website links are preceded by  and [...]
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 Fixing
There are a number of things you can pack which are light, small, cheap, and versatile when it comes to making repairs on the road.
Para (parachute) cord comes in a variety of thicknesses and colours and can be used for making repairs to bags, clothing, sleeping gear.
Also it can be used for other things such as shoelaces, tying parcels, even making shelters and snares if you are in a survival situation!
Wrap it around something, maybe even replace your shoelaces with the right length piece of cord.
Sewing
Sewing kits are cheap and ubiquitous, but if you don’t have [...]
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 One of the most useful pieces of advice I ever got about packing for travelling is that you should decide before you leave what kind of trip you are going on. This may seem obvious but there are some items that you simply don’t need on certain types of travel.
For example, an extended vacation to the Third World should not be considered as a camping trip. You take a backpack with you as your would when going hiking in the woods or camping with the Scouts, but the similarities pretty much end there.
You won’t need a [...]
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 If you need to buy gear, get it from the classifieds, craigslist, ebay, buy it used, or borrow it from friends.
Stay in hostels, rather than hotels. Stay in a tent, rather than a hostel.
Take a train instead of a plane. Walk or get the bus instead of taking a taxi. Hitchhike instead of taking a train or bus.
Don’t buy water, use a plastic bottle filled and topped up with tap water.
Don’t eat out in restaurants every day, especially in Europe. Supermarkets and bakeries are so much cheaper and the food is often better (than McDonalds, for [...]
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Before I left the USA last year after a 10 year vacation, I sold, threw out, and (mostly) gave away nearly all of my possessions, keeping only those that I could fit into one standard-sized airplane carry-on bag. (However, unlike Christopher McCandless, I didn’t burn my remaining money and hitchhike to Alaska to live in the wilderness).
Over the next few years I intend to travel around the rest of the world, living out of this one bag. I created this website to keep track of my progress, and to keep a personal checklist of the gear [...]
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This website offers hints, tips and advice on packing and travelling light around the world with only one carry-on sized bag.
It also gives some advice on what you need to do to prepare for a long trip, as well as lists of useful resources such as links to travel websites, helpful books and travel gear.
Why just one bag?
Using just one bag makes it easier to travel. Having a single carry-on bag means there is no need to check luggage on a plane, so you can arrive later and leave the airport earlier. It is also easier [...]
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