RTW Travel Packing Essentials

I've been traveling for 8 months starting in Japan, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, (back to the US & Japan for the holidays), and India.
I planned to make a video like this and actually shot it once before I left, but hated it, so I didn't upload. I thought it'd be better in the middle of the trip anyway. Not too much has changed; although, as you would imagine, I've gotten rid of some things (will probably get rid of more after this big cleanup today). The picture in the opening slide was actually from before I left Japan to begin the trip. The biggest thing I've dropped along the way was the tripod. I originally went without Listerine and with only 1 pair of pants. I found it constraining to only have the option of shorts while I was washing/drying my pants, so I decided to bring along a second pair during my holiday back in the US for Christmas.

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[TheSunshine1032]

Great video! Thanks for all the useful ideas. Happy travels!

[swedishseal01]

whats up with the brit passport. Sound american lol just a random

[TheHoneyTrek]

Wow, what a great video. You made us think of a bunch of things that werent on our radar for our year long trip around the world. Thanks so much for sharing!

[baconlatte]

great job man. most of the vids of this type just breeze thru the list of stuff, but your xtra commentary and real-world background are really useful.

[dragpsx]

some people says that if u dont change ur underwear oftenly, ur hair turns like yellow :-p

[clujo]

It is very interesting to see someone else's travel packing. I've done a year long trip myself and a lot of other travels and I must tell you that for me, traveling light is the greatest gift you can give yourself.

Get rid of that big bag and only travel with a carry on, you will gain so much freedom, it is priceless.

[nickskywalker14]

LoL i have the same crappy mobile in the same color.

[steve4nlanguage]

Great advice about always carring a thumb drive with your emergency info.

[ghostdein1]

what about prophylactics? haha! I dunno if I'd want to risk using any *local* brands, depending where I found myself... so I would certainly have included that in your first list of absolute essentials! Great video, favorited!

[Degenskonto]

@ToLokyo Hmm Yeah I guess so, but if you ever stumble upon a good connection, it might be worth it! Would take a long time tho