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24 Oct 2008
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1. Visa card for bailing you out of almost any situation. If the shit hits the fan you can always pay and explain it later to your bank!
2. A wad of backup cash hidden away in case the visa is lost or rejected.
3. Water filter for filtrating any watersource into drinkable water.
4. Petzl headlamp for working at the bike at night. Or just answering the call of nature in the middle of the night.
5. Glasses for when im all out of contacts! Without them i cant even ride my bike.
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25 Oct 2008
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Spectacles, testicles, wallet & watch...well, that's only 4, and in fact I only pack "one" of these items.
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25 Oct 2008
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1-4. 2/3rds of the content of a 6 pack.
5. plastic pal to replenish 1-4.
I travel light. (I wish)
Ride safe.
A.L. 1. Delete 1/6th of 1-4 and insert a portable  chiller. (I'm getting old and picky)
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31 Aug 2010
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Headtorch
Teabags
Babywipes
Heated jacket
Lonely Planet guide with each language so I can learn HELLO, PLEASE and THANK YOU , before I speak to the Border Guards. They become putty in your hands if you try their language.
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1 Sep 2010
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After the obvious essentials including money(credit card), passport, tickets, carnet, visas, the wife, clothes, camping kit, spares and tools I always have: - Teabags
- Shortwave radio
- Book
- Diary
- Swiss army knife
I also took a folding shovel all the way to Cape Town but never used it.
Last edited by Magnon; 1 Sep 2010 at 18:51.
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14 Oct 2010
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1 Opinel No. 6 knife (some eating culture folks)
2 Leatherman
3 Duc tape
4 clamp (favourite tool on eath, after duc tape)
5 Spark Plug (minskriders know what I mean)
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27 Dec 2010
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1. Peanut butter (can sustain life  )
2. Goop (you can buy this in any Canadian tire and will repair almost anything)
3. Toilet paper (always comes in handy)
4. Merino wool
5. Gore-tex riding boots (i like my feet dry)
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9 May 2012
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....bad girls go everywhere with:
1. Teapot and Black Tea
a decent breakfast is essential - how can people get started without 6 cups of tea?????
2. Money in cash and plastic
3. ID/PP
I was told by my mother at 15: two essentials for bad girls who want to go everywhere
4. map
for the bad girl to know where the road goes to everywhere
5. 1 litre of motoroil for my old ones
essential for them to get me to everywhere
Karinmoto
currently being nice in SouthAmerica
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11 May 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by karinmoto
3. ID/PP
I was told by my mother at 15: two essentials for bad girls who want to go everywhere
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OK, I'll bite. What's ID/PP?
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26 Jun 2012
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1. Wet Wipes
2. Head lamp
3. Sunglasses
4. Money (Cash, debit card, credit card)
5. Book - now I carry a Kindle. Thousands of books (that I actually want to read) at a touch of a button.
Can't say I need much else. If I do need something, can purchase it one the road.
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26 Jun 2012
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My Ipod and charger. Can't live without my music
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Mine are:
• Power cables and international adapter
• Passport, foreign currency and credit card
• First aid kit
• Camera
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18 Feb 2014
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depends somewhat on where I go, but generally: - Beer
- Tools
- Beer
- Swag
- Beer
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7 Apr 2014
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1) wallet with money (I've got phobia of forgeting money home)
2) cards
3) phone
4)cigarettes
5) chewing gum
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6 Jul 2014
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Mine
1. credit card and spare money (hidden)
2. mobile phone
3. insurance (health, bike, transport home)
4. maps
5. good sense of HUMOUR
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