The 46 things I packed for 135 days in South-East Asia

Working part-time while traveling Thailand, Laos, South Korea, Japan.
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# Tech

  • ๐Ÿ’ป MacBook Pro M1 16"
  • ๐Ÿ“ฑ Phone: Redmi K20 Pro
  • ๐ŸŽง Noise cancelling headphones (Sony WH1000-XM3)
    • 3.5 mm cable and a multi-aux plug
      โ†’ watch shows together with my girlfriend
  • ๐Ÿ“น GoPro Hero 6 Black
  • GoPro tripod / extension arm
  • MacBook charger
  • Charging brick with 4 USB ports. Living the USB-C life
  • Travel adapter (EU โ†’ US/JP/UK plug)
  • Head-mounted light

# Clothing

I managed to stuff almost all of my clothes into two packing cubes.

  • ๐Ÿ‘• Shirts
    • 2x merino wool t-shirts โ†’ anti-stink
    • 2x normal (cotton) t-shirts
    • 1x linen shirt
  • ๐Ÿฉฒ Underwear
    • 5x boxer shorts
  • ๐Ÿงฆ Socks
    • 2x merino wool
    • 2x “sport” socks
    • 1x normal cotton socks
  • ๐Ÿ‘– Pants
    • Light colored jeans โ†’ for cold bus rides, visiting buddhist temples and bad weather
    • Light colored shorts
    • Swimming shorts
  • ๐Ÿงฅ Jackets
    • Rain jacket
    • Sweatshirt

# Toiletry

  • Body soap
  • Shampoo
  • Solid deodorant
  • Hair styling wax
  • Nail scissors
  • Mosquito spray
  • Sunscreen

# Medicine

  • Travel chewing gum
  • Charcoal tabs โ†’ keeps your stomach calm when you ate something bad
  • Aspirin & Ibuprofen โ†’ in case of fever / flu
  • Sort throat medicine

# Other

  • โ—๏ธ Passport
    make sure it’s valid for >6 months!! I forgot this and almost got into lots of trouble.
  • Local currency
    At my local bank, I exchanged 200โ‚ฌ into Thai Baht before flying. Saves you from having to buy at poor airport exchange rates.
  • Credit card(s)
    Both Visa & Mastercard. Yes, we’ve had cases where one didn’t work. I recommend N26 because the credit card is free and they charge no fees when paying in foreign currencies and only charge 1.7% when withdrawing them.
  • Backpack: Osprey Farpoint Trek 75L
    โ†’ awesome and comfy, fits all my stuff. Also includes a rain cover / travel cover for protecting it during flight handling.
  • Day pack: some cheap 20L anti-theft backpack
    โ†’ light colored for keeping cool
  • Pacsafe 12L
    โ†’ for keeping the MacBook safe while we’re not in the hotel room
  • Light plastic water bottle

# What I didn’t need

  • Laptop sleeve (I always stored it inside the day pack)

Hi, I’m Filippo. A software engineer living in Graz, Austria. On this blog I write about my programming projects and other interests. Learn more about me.