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Friday, June 08, 2007

All my bags are packed......

At 6, to Australia
- One or two books in a small bag. [all luggage handled by parents]

At 16, package tour to Beijing
- Necessities [clothes, underwear, towel, shampoo, body foam, toothbrush and paste]
- Winter jacket
- Camera
- Few rolls of film
- Books for handluggage

At 20, Redang Island, KL and Taman Negara with friends
- Necessities [clothes, underwear, towel, shampoo, body foam, facial foam, toothbrush and paste]
- Camera
- A roll of film
- Swimsuit
- Guitar scores [Redang]
- Food and water [Taman]

At 21, across Europe [rather than carry tons of luggage around, I chose to go light]
- Necessities [clothes, underwear, towel, shampoo, body foam, facial foam, body moisturizer, toothbrush and paste, foot deodoriser, travel detergent]
- Camera
- 7 rolls of film
- Travel Journal + pens
- Medicinal pouch [po chai pills, tiger oil, plaster]
- Jacket
- Poker cards + notepad as boredom busters

Now, at 26, just before going to Athens,
- Necessities [clothes, underwear, towel, shampoo, body foam, facial foam, body moisturizer, face moisturizer, leave-in conditioner, toothbrush and paste, foot deodoriser]
- Camera kit: Camera, charger and SD card
- Travel Journal + pens
- Medicinal pouch [po chai pills, plaster]
- Jacket
- Travel pillow
- Boredom busters:
1 Lonely Planet Athens,
1 Lonely Planet Greek Islands,
101 places NOT to visit [to read],
and 1 Little Book of Sudoku
- And the poker cards
Plus:
- Umbrella [due to reports of rain]
- Flip flops [see above]
- Swimsuit [for possibility of sunshine]

And I haven't counted in the other assorted stuff I may pick up along the way -_-!!! Seems to me that as you grow older, the things in your luggage seem to increase at an exponential rate.........

ATHENS: 9th June to 16 June 2007

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