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Packing List

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Here’s a suggested list of things to take on holiday. 

Things to do before you leave
Check the expiry date of your passport
Get Visa(s)
Get travel insurance
Wash the dishes
Pet Care
Unplug electrical stuff
Turn down (or up) the temperature in your home
Empty all rubbish
Confirm airline tickets
Get your air miles in advance
Memorise PIN codes to credit cards
Change money or buy traveller’s cheques
Advise your bank that you are travelling overseas and where
Install or recharge batteries
Get maps
Forward (or hold) delivery of newspapers and magazines
Check with your doctor about immunisations

Clothes - General
Underwear
Shirts
T-shirts
Shorts
Socks
Trousers
Sweater – layers are good
Hat - sun
Comfortable walking shoes
Sandals for warmer areas
Smart casual clothes for evenings

Optional clothes
Belt
Umbrella
Swimming gear
Pyjamas
Scarf (although there are great pashminas in India!)
Jewellery
Clothes/hat for cold weather
Gloves

Money and documents to bring
Passport
Visa(s)
Insurance policy documentation
Cash
Emergency money
Credit/ATM cards 
Address list (with phone numbers and email addresses)

Optional documents
This packing list
Photocopies of your passport and other important documents
Spare photographs for visas/passports etc
Addresses and phone numbers of embassies
Pouch for valuable documents
Tour itinerary
Wallet
Tickets
Airline tickets
Maps
Books
Guidebook

Things for packing
Small day pack 
Expandable carry-on bag
Rubber-bands
Plastic bags ( Ziploc )
Suitcase – soft sided preferable
Luggage belt
Multi-tool / Folding knife – handy on trains for fruit etc

Miscellaneous equipment
Pens/pencil
Earplugs
Sunglasses
Keys
Safety pins
Sturdy nylon cord ( Clothes line )


Health/First Aid (talk to your doctor)
Prescription medicine
Adhesive tape
Insect repellent
Band-Aids/ Plasters
Disposable syringes
Pills, tablets and medicines
Water purifying tablets
Motion sickness tablets
Pain killers
Allergy pills e.g. anti-histamines
Malaria tablets (as per your doctor)
Diarrhoea medicine (Imodium)

Electrical stuff
Mobile Phone 
Charger for Mobile Phone
Laptop
Wall socket adapter
Watch
Torch
Extra batteries for your equipment

Digital Camera equipment
Digital camera
Memory cards
Battery charger for camera
Associated cables
Camcorder equipment
Camcorder
Charger for camcorder batteries
Video tapes

Generic photo equipment
Camera bag
Music items
Music player ( Cassette, CD, MiniDisc, MP3 )
Headphones

Hygiene
Toilet bag 
Razor
Extra blades for razor
Shaving gel 
Electric shaver
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Shampoo
Deodorant
Small Towel
Sunblock lotion
Contact lenses
Container for contact lenses
Lens cleaning liquid
Extra glasses
Make-up
Comb
Hair brush
Clothes pegs ( Clothes pins )
Fingernail clippers
Moisturizer
Q-Tips
Tweezers

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    • Best of Colorado 2022 >
      • Best of Colorado 2022 Detailed Itinerary
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      • Eastern Australia 2022 Detailed Itinerary
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      • Hidden Textiles of North India 2022 Detailed Itinerary
    • Darjeeling Mail 2022 >
      • Darjeeling Mail 2022 Detailed Itinerary
    • Indian Magic 2023 >
      • Indian Magic 2023 Detailed Itinerary
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