Country/City Spreadsheet
I wanted to make sure I was at least somewhat prepared for being on the road for 6 months without having every detail planned out. In order to do this I created a spreadsheet in Google Drive where I listed all the cities I wanted to visit on my travel and included an estimated number of days, link to Google Maps with points of interest highlighted and a link to the Wikitravel page. I also used this to track how long I'd be in the Schengen Area and how much time I needed to spend outside of it.
You can check out my spreadsheet here: http://goo.gl/spmQJ.
Everything I brought
- Backpack
- REI Vagabond Tour 40 - 40 liters of storage plus small enough to act as a carry-on.
- Flip flops
- towel
- Sleep sheet
- Alpine Designs Mummy Bag Liner - To keep a layer between me and the hostel bedding.
- 1x athletic shorts
- Double as swimsuit
- 2x long pants
- 2x shorts
- 3x t-shirts
- 2x long sleeve shirt
- 5x boxers
- 3x undershirts
- 7x socks
- 1x jacket
- Winter hat
- Eagle Creek Specter Cube
- For storing socks and underwear.
- Eagle Creek Expandable Cube
- For shirts, shorts and pants.
- Locks
- For securing the zippers on my backpack and for securing my backpack at hostels
- Money belt
- Ear plugs
- Sunglasses
- Face mask for sleeping
- Passport
- Drivers license
- Debit/credit card
- Computer
- Digital camera
- Canon G15
- Journal
- Day bag
- REI Flash 18 - For walking around during the day
- Phone - Galaxy Nexus
- Plug adapters
- Small sewing kit
- Playing cards
- Bandana
- Watch
- Water bottle
- Platypus 2 Liter
- Platypus Drink Tube Kit - For use in my day bag while on hikes
Things I'd change
There were several things I didn't use and several things I had to buy along the way. Here are the changes I made along the way...
Things I had to buy while traveling:
- A hat (baseball style, for hiking and exploring)
- Rain jacket
- Extra base layer top
- Scarf
Things I ended up not using:
- Sleep sheet - None of the hostels I stayed at seemed sketchy enough that I needed a sleep sack
- Water bottle drink tube - I just ended up pulling out my water bottle when hiking