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Inside my pack (an Eagle Creek Continental Journey) I need to stuff the following:
Clothes
4 t-shirts, pairs of underwear & socks
1 pair of shorts & a long sleeved button down shirt
Laundry bag
Misc.
Plane tickets, passport, traveller's checks, and credit card
Money belt and hidden pocket
Camera and 6 rolls of film
Tape recorder and 3 cassettes
Travel Journal
Mini Mag-lite
Travel alarm
Neck pillow
Ziploc bags, string, saftey pins,
Health and Hygiene
Toothpaste, toothbrush, and floss
Dr Bronners Castile soap
Deodorant
Nail clippers
Toilet paper (very important!)
Mosquito net
Insect repellent (~30 deet)
Books
Guidebooks
Lonely Planet guides to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos
Tales from the Other Side's Thailand
Language
Colloquial Thai, Thai-English/English-Thai Dictionary, and Lonely Planet's Phrasebook
Background reading
Gecko Tails: A Journey through Cambodia by Carol Livingston
Miles from Nowhere by Barbara Savage
See the other books I have read
In order to lighten the load, I plan to pick up the following after I arrive:
Shampoo, flip-flops, sarong, sunscreen