Essential travel kit for backpacking

Here’s a list of items I’m taking when travelling maybe essential is a bit over the top, but will all come in handy im sure. I’ve not gone into too much detail and excluded clothing as we’re going to too many different places and will need more than we can carry in a backpack (snowboarding gear etc... which will be shipped separately)

• Inflatable Globe - good for showing kids where live and how far you have travelled.
• Bungee cord - ??? Not sure about this one
• Ziploc bags - Keep essential documents dry
• Stuff sack x2 - hmmm not sure but probably good for dirty socks.
• Leatherman multitool - 101 uses
• Swiss Army Knife - Is there anything they cant do? Open bottles of wine, open bottles of beer…
• Backpack rain cover - don’t need to explain this one, do I?
• Mosquito net
• Clothes line
• Doorstop – for when you are staying somewhere with no locks on doors, hostels etc...
• Silk sleeping bag liner - for when it’s to hot for a sleeping bag
• GPS - I was going to take one of these but have read a few horror stories of being caught in possession of one of these in a developing country, as they are still seen as military hardware outside most western countries.
• First Aid kit - Basic things plasters antiseptic cream, paracetemol
• Sterile pack - syringes, drip gauzes etc… very important if visiting developing countries
• Iodine Tablets - Water purification
• Vitamin C tablets - neutralize iodine taste and make purified water not taste like S*$t

Money and lots of it ;-)

Special thanks to The Universal Packing List website.