If you plan to travel, be prepared. I started my journey with very little, however, I did some research along the way and I think I have the ultimate 3rd world travel supply. I started with the following:
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Clothing: 2 suits (one black, one grey), 1 pair of socks (black), 1 pair of dress shoes (black, leather), 1 belt (black, leather), 3 dress shirts (2 white, 1 blue), 2 pairs of jeans, 2 pairs shorts, 2 tee shirts, 5 pairs of boxer briefs, 1 fleece, 1 sweater, 1 hoodie, 1 raincoat,1 pair boat shoes, 1 pair flipflops, 1 seabag, 1 backpack.
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Protection: 1 truck, 1 dog (with month supply of food)
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Electronics: 1 iPad (1st Gen) 1 netbook, 1 Blackberry (no service attached)
Along the way I have lost the following:
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raincoat
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2 pairs boatshoes
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1 pair jeans
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1 sweater
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1 tee shirt
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2 pairs boxer briefs
Along the way I also did some serious research on protection and what I will actually need/use. I have acquired the following items in my travels:
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1 E-tool http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrenching_tool (sharpened, thank you Lee Pugh) I have used this to chop wood, dig holes to shit in, and fend off 2 would be robbers. Not only is it useful, it is extremely intimidating (imagine someone chasing you with a sharpened shovel…).
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2 cans of RAID bee and wasp repellant (thank you Butch). In Mexico (not sure about the US) this stuff comes in huge aerosol cans that shoot up to 30’, the ingredients are the same as CS gas, they are basically huge cans of pepper spray that have a 30’ range.
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1 tarp (with bungees) in case it rains
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1 sleeping bag (thank you Eric Clark), extremely warm, saved my life in northern Mex.
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3 blankets (one is Shelby’s (thanks Ferger, it was mine to begin with, you stole it) the others are for padding the bed of the truck (thanks Butch)).
Overall I’m traveling pretty light, and it’s only going to get lighter.
