How to Pack for an Endless Backpacking Trip Around the World | Travel More Now

what's up guys it's Alexander travel bum and today we're going over how to pack for an endless backpacking trip so usually when I travel I go on backpacking trips that are kind of long they usually last from four to six months so how do you pack for something that you don't you don't really know how long you're gonna go you don't know where you're gonna go but you know that you're gonna be gone probably for a long time it's easy to pack if you know that you're going for two weeks or something like that but what do you do when it's endless I always pack the same amount no matter how long my trip is if I'm gone for just a weekend or if I'm gone for a year when I pack is gonna be the same and I'm gonna show you how to do that okay so first of all the backpack this is the backpack I've been using lately it's the motherlode and what I love about this backpack is that it opens up like a suitcase but then also it can be a backpack just like a regular backpacking backpack and it also you can zip it up to keep it tight or unzip it so that it expands to be larger so you can really fit whatever you want in here it can be as small as say like a thirty liter backpack and as large as a sixty but even though it has the ability to carry a lot of stuff what you want to do is you want to pack it in tight there are many reasons for this you want to always be able to use it as a carry-on and typically if a backpack is 50 litres or less and you really condense everything you can use it as a carry-on almost all the time you won't have to check it in you won't have to deal with possible lost baggage you don't have to deal with paying more to check in your bag so first of all start off with a round of fifty liter backpack that's going to be the best it will have enough space to carry all your stuff but also it'll be smaller and easy to carry around so let's get into the other stuff alright so first of all we're gonna pack our clothing but the clothes that you're going to wear to the airport you want to take into account because you don't want to wholly pack everything and not think about the clothes that you're gonna wear to the airport so these are the clothes that I'm gonna wear to the airport my heaviest jeans my heavy belt and a shirt and if it's not too hot you want to wear your heaviest jacket your heaviest shoes so that you have all of your heaviest stuff on you because they're not gonna weigh you they might weigh your bag so these are my airport clothes let's put them on okay so next we're gonna pack our clothes so you want to put the heaviest things toward the back the things that are gonna be closest to your back because then the weight isn't going to pull you backwards this is gonna be the most comfortable way to do it so we're gonna pack one pair of jeans and what you want to do to save space is for all your clothing you want to roll it up not fold it so roll it up tight we're gonna put it near the back three pairs of underwear plus the ones that you're wearing so four pairs of underwear and the reason that I can do three or four pairs of underwear is because I wear these Travel underwear they're really the best they feel the best they're moisture wicking and their odor wicking somehow so I highly suggest you check out this Travel underwear I know I wear it all the time and you can get by wearing it for a few days in a row and I don't always use packing cubes but when I do I use it for my socks and underwear so sucks I'm gonna have four pairs one two three and then the ones that I'm wearing one pair of shorts one swimsuit a travel towel you're going to want a travel towel this is an essential you don't want to be carrying a backhaul with you something that's really bulky and takes up a lot of space you want this really thin microfiber towel it doesn't really smell all that much unless you don't wash it for a week or two and you can pack it up really small so it doesn't take up much space next is a jacket for me I like to use just a thin rain jacket but you want something that's compressible see how small this can be they do you know the puffy puffy jacket that really insulates it really and it's really really warm you can get these for pretty cheap and I've linked to some below but those all compress down to the size of a baseball and if you're a guy you're probably gonna want a couple of button-down shirts for when you want to dress a little bit nicer depending where you go in the world you might be trying to go to some temples pagodas or maybe just a night out next is t-shirts I bring between 4 and 6 t-shirts with me and once again I try to get the really thin shirts and another thing is as you can tell from everything I'm wearing they're all plain shirts they're plain they're usually light in color and maybe have one dark one but it depends if you're going to a hot place or a cold place if that will really matter but you want something that that doesn't stand out too much so that you can bring less and you can wear things over and over and people won't be able to tell if you just wear a white shirt everyday nobody's really gonna know if it's the same shirt that you're wearing and not washing it next is a toiletry bag you're gonna want something very lightweight that has a couple pockets to it and of course everyone's toiletries are gonna be different but I just have basic stuff alright next you're probably gonna want a hat of some sort you know these different types of hats this one this type of hat is really easy to pack a beanie if you're going for cold weather or if you're into this kind of thing some people say it's hipster but this is pretty good for it the Sun but we're not gonna take that one on this trip you're gonna want a book preferably a very skinny light weight book okay the next essential thing is add a pack you're gonna want a lightweight backpack a smaller backpack that you can put a few things in for the day because you're not gonna want to carry all your stuff with you when you're staying at the house Hotel you can leave most of that stuff back home but you're gonna want something that you can put a bathing suit in maybe your jacket a water bottle some snacks so I I just have this pretty basic backpack and you don't want this to stand out either because when you're a tourist you usually look like a tourist and people can target you to you know try to maybe take some of your stuff off your hands this doesn't look like it has expensive stuff in it you can either roll this up or it was really nicely on the top here all right so that's everything that's inside the main monitor as you can see it's still pretty small right now and there's not much in it it's pretty lightweight and that's almost everything I have but a few more things so in the back here there is kind of the hidden zipper you see it there but you know it's it's not the main attraction of the bag this is where you're gonna put your laptop right against your back there so you know it's safe and you would feel it if somebody was trying to take it next most likely you're gonna have a few gadgets and accessories you know a camera lens an external battery and charger some cords and I recommend an 8 case like this it's a little bit padded and you can just close it like this and it holds all your stuff keeps it really safe next if you're staying in hostels maybe even hotels you're gonna want a sleep mask and a couple of ear plugs hustles can be really bad when it comes to people getting up in the middle of the night or going out partying being loud turning on all the lights while you're sleeping if you're in the dorm room so you're gonna want to have this you might not think you'll need it but you probably look you're gonna want to do laundry especially because you're not taking that much stuff with you you're gonna want to wait to do laundry that's easy that you don't have to go anywhere really to do it and it doesn't cost you any money so I have this sink stopper which comes with a few of these little packets of detergent with these you can do your laundry in the sink for free and you can just hang them in the room or the hostel wherever you're staying I have some Bluetooth headphones bluetooth headphones are really great because you don't want to have that cord going to your phone all the time when you're on the train or the buses you can be kind of hands-free and then I have my passport holder my passport wallet this thing is awesome it's by Herschel and they have all these different designs and everything it holds your passport it holds my priority pass my Global Entry pass all my other airport and flight things a copy of my passport and some extra passport photos you never know when you're gonna need those and this thing is just great to have but I'm gonna keep this one on me so I lost my flip-flops recently so these are my girlfriends but you're gonna want some flip-flops even if they're not your thing I don't really wear flip-flops that much I just prefer shoes but you're gonna want them for dorm room showers you don't want to get a foot fungus or anything you'll probably want them for the beach and a lot of people just want to walk around in them if you're in hot weather and this will be different for everybody but typically I like to wear boots I wear boots because they're great for almost every occasion I can wear these at all times of the day I can hike in them if you want to go on a hike in the mountains I can wear them out at night and they they look somewhat presentable I can go out for a night on the town and you're not just dirty sneakers they look like nice shoes so you can use these for everything so you don't even really need another pair of shoes but if you're going to a hot climate and you don't want to wear your flip-flops all the time I suggest bringing one more pair of shoes just a regular lightweight pair of sneakers that you can wear all the other times all right so that's about it and my backpack isn't even that heavy as you can tell a few finger holds there and after that you're gonna just strap everything up and make it as small as possible and there it is see it fits well it feels good your computer's safe it really doesn't weigh that much because you're not gonna have that much clothing I would pack this for a two-week vacation and I also pack this for a year this is all I have with me right now and I don't know how long I'm gonna be traveling with just this this is everything I own and the camera that I'm looking at right now okay so this backpack is awesome and some of the products I have in here are perfect this is all I really want to travel with now so you should check it out in the links below alright please like this video if it was helpful subscribe if you haven't already I swear you won't regret it and I will see you in the next video if you subscribe [Music]

Channel: Alexander Travelbum

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Length: 11min 54sec (714 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 08 2018