The Gear
Packing for a 6 month trip, which I had never done before, was challenging to say the least. I must have packed 5 different times and ultimately settled on what you see in the picture above. However, while traveling I realized I had STILL managed to overpack 🤦🏻♀️. Below is a list of all the things I took and what, in hindsight, I should have left behind. Gregory 15L backpack - TAKE - I LOVE this backpack. It fits great and can store a TON of stuff. Totally worth investing in a good backpack given its 1) going to be on your back for extended periods of time and 2) its your only big traveling pack Journal - DEPENDS - I thought I would enjoy writing in a journal but not too long into the trip I enjoyed writing on our mini laptop over writing in the journal. It was faster and easier for me to get my thoughts down and we were going to carry the laptop anyway. Vapur Bottle - TAKE - This was so handy to have! Sunglasses - TAKE - Obvi. Nalgene bottles - TAKE - really useful for shampoo...