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The packing list for my South America voyager. The preparation and shopping started back in May 2019 and part of the gears were purchased from China. Although the backpacks seem to be small from the picutures, the total weight of the two backpacks are 25kg! I am packing way too much backup stuff, which I believe account for about 8kg waste or not so critical stuff. Anyway, reviews of the gears will be updated as the voyager continues.

Maiden Voyager Day 1 (08-20-2019) @Fort Lauderdale Airport.

My first flight route:

  • Phoenix - Dallas: 1:47am - 6:01am
  • Dallas - Fort Lauderdale: 6:38am - 10:32am
  • Fort Lauderdale - Lima, Peru: 5:20pm - 10:03pm

I spent 4+hrs writing 2.5 posts (this one with the Firestore post and the sections on asset links in HexoTips) at Fort Lauderdale airport. It’s really a good way to kill time and keep you awake! OK, by finishing this post, I have documented almost all key features for Hexo Development and the packing list for my trip. I completed everything in the U.S although with some delays as initially planned. But that’s it. This completes post completes all my preparation for lanVoyager in 2019!

Now, let’s start sailing…

The post was completed on August 20 at Fort Lauderdale Airport. However, due to some technical issues, it was not successfully pushed onto github.

Publish Date: August 21, 2019

Publish Location: Lima, Peru

The final painful packing process took almost 6 hours on August 18, 2019. So the final two backpacks with a crossbody ‘invisible’ bag (I stuffed it so big now it is definetly visible). Total weight is about 25kg for all three bags.

The crossbody bag:

The Osprey Fairpoint 70L

This checked bag weights about 15kg including the bag itself.

Major Stuff:

Clothing

(I know it’s not lightweight packing, but really all these only account for 3 packing tubes in the picutre above):

  • 6 cotton T-shirt
  • 2 hiking pants
  • 1 convertable hiking pants
  • 2 shorts
  • 2 sweater
  • 1 sweater pant (long)
  • 1 legging (long)
  • 1 light-weight sun protective jacket
  • 2 quick-dry long sleeve shirts
  • 7 underwears
  • 7 socks
  • 2 sport bras
  • 1 swimming suit
  • 1 thermal pant

Plus, I wore winter ski jacket (can’t fit in the pack!), and Northface hiking shoe.

Misc

  • 1 pair of Keen sandals
  • 1 pair of slippers
  • cable and charger bag (including a adapter plug for over 120+ contries, small tools like nail clippers, etc.)
  • 10L waterproof bag
  • waterproof bag for camera
  • a hat
  • the extra bag of Boreas Bootlegger Modular Pack System

Toiletry (This category I can say I did pack light!)

  • 1 shower bar
  • 1 toothbrush & tooth paste
  • 1 portable-size facial cleanser
  • 1 moisture lotion

Extras

Note: I do think that you may not need the following stuff

  • sunscreen (maybe too much. One big bottle and one smaller tube with 3 scrub bars in each bag…)
  • bug repellent (same here maybe too much…)
  • medicine bag (again lots of different medicine. The essential ones are allegeric pills and VC. Family just feels insecure without me carrying various types medicine for all possible illness they can think of..)
  • silk liner (I don’t think everybody needs this. Just for my peace of mind staying at Hostels but I may decide not to use them after exhausting days for the actual trip)
  • mosquito suit (I don’t know you guys but I am SUPER attractive to mosquito probably just because I am delicious to their taste…)
  • Wet wipes, tissues, and lipbalms (way too much but by bring 2~3 months’ supply I feel secured…)

Boreas Bootlegger - The Carry-On

This carry-on weights about 9kg including the bag itself…

Essentials:

  • An inflatable H-shape neck pillow (really good)
  • charges and cables for the airport
  • sunglasses

Electronics

  • camera

  • laptop

  • mouse

  • watch

  • powerbank (20000mAh)

  • head lamp

Extras:

  • Lonely Planet- South America on A Shoestring over 800 pages book! I think it weights about 1lb.
  • A thermal 40fl water bottle another 1lb
  • The protection carrying box for the valuables. This box weights at 1.5kg…

Miscs:

  • backup everything I said that I over packed (medicine, sunscreen, wet wipes, tissues etc…)

The Crossbody Bag

Essentials:

  • eye mask
  • travel earplugs
  • cell phone
  • a pen
  • a small note book
  • a pair of earbug for music & phone calls

Miscs:

  • backup everything I said that I over packed (medicine, sunscreen, wet wipes, tissues etc…)

An Idea of How Many Cables & Chargers Are Needed

This is everything at charging station. Note the outlet extention plug is not packed. Everthing else are packed!!!