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Travel journals cameras and alarm clocks are all neccessary items so I won't include them. Chapstick and hand cream go in the washkit so they don't count either.

My three uneccessaries? Hmmn...


1. Perfume--it makes me feel sexy
2. Box of Twinnings Earl Grey tea bags-- I cann't do without ....my cuppas
3. Plastic screw-top jar of coffee--at least you have the
....brand you like


Have a nice day, Whistler.


If you can keep a sense of humour and see the funny side of life, you will never be old. SMC.

1. Camera (a cheap digital one)
2. Journal (a nice hardbound one)
3. Frisbee (a proper 175g one -- it has so many uses besides being something to toss around)

1. A GAMES magazine. Hours on the plane just fly by working on word and logic puzzles.
2. A deck of cards. I may add UNO, travel backgammon and a small dominoes set for the next trip.
3. A portable CD player. Less used now that I have my gf Netts along, but it was essential in my single days.

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Originally posted by RalphTheWonderLlama:

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Originally posted by michey_b:
1) PG tips teabags - yes im so English - and some days i crave a 'proper' cup of tea!

My dear, dear girl. If one is going to go to that trouble to maintain decent standards, as one should of course, surely one should be drinking a superior cup of tea?

You know what's funny, is I don't care for Twinings teas - I used to like many of them, but now really don't care for the flavors (also, English Breakfast blends have become one of my least favorites anyway). But I guess everyone has their preferences! I've been guilty of bringing tea along (ever since I discovered Spain didn't have any black tea at their establishments..only a funny red tea) -- Tazo Awake, and also my new fav brand is Taylors & Harrowgate. So tea would be 'unnecessary item' number one.

2. Deck of cards, or any sorts of games - I'm a fan of puzzle books as well. On my last trip my brother was with me, and we're both scrabble geeks, so we had a travel scrabble set that we played on the plane.

3. Hairdryer. I've gone on trips without it so can make do, but really, I end up looking like crap (I don't have an easily manageable head of hair) --- so it's coming along on any future trips that I'll have the facilities to be able to use it.

--I'm with others - camera is NOT 'unnecessary', nor is a journal.

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Originally posted by RalphTheWonderLlama:

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Originally posted by michey_b:
1) PG tips teabags - yes im so English - and some days i crave a 'proper' cup of tea!

My dear, dear girl. If one is going to go to that trouble to maintain decent standards, as one should of course, surely one should be drinking a superior cup of tea?

see one would think that but i dont really like twinnings that much - nah im a southern commoner i like my cup of PG!

Mich

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Originally posted by michey_b:

see one would think that but i dont really like twinnings that much - nah im a southern commoner i like my cup of PG!

Mich

I was once a PG Tips addict, but then I moved abroad (i.e. Scotland - mock ye not) and it's actually pretty hard to get a regular supply up here. Of PG I mean. So one day, in utter desperation, I tried Twinings English Breakfast. And I've never looked back. Each to their own though. And at least we'll never steal each other's teabags

Oh, and btw, I'm as common and Southern as they get, as well you know!

ralph

-Headlamp
-Journal
-Hammock

1) Deck of Cards - and I used those a lot!

2) Sudoko - the best for airplane rides!

3) Hot sauce - for all that boring campstove food, at least you get a little bit of flavor (and I added it to everything! hot sauce on a cucumber, mmm, lol)

I consider journal, camera, and books all necessary items so I'm not including them :P

Wow - I am simply astounded by the different things that people take with them - its fantastic and makes for great reading. Keep them coming guys n girls, they're superb!

Can't leave home without:

1) Money.

2) I'm not that sentimental. As long as I've got #1, the rest will take care of itself.

1. something relatively nice to wear for going out

2. ipod

3. hair clips and supplies (I have ridiculous hair)

1) a small, LED light that I can turn on by biting it to free up my hands for dark, dodgy bus bathrooms or putting a key in a door in a dark hallway

2) camera...but does this really count as "unnecessary? I think not. I would rather travel without pants than not have my camera. So, since a camera is hereby reclassified as necessary:

2 1/2) small bag of plastic spoons

3) leatherman (one with a corkscrew AND a can opener)

1) Bible
2) Camera
3) Duck Tape

1 - Hacky Sack/Footbag

2 - Any small musical instrument - If I left tomorrow it would be my harmonica, but i'm always on the lookout for new sounds.

And thanks to prior posters, I have a new one...
3 - Tea or Yerba Mate
(of twinings, earl grey is my fav)

camera and accessories for it.
flip flops
watch

Hey Eppyboy, what are "flip-flops"?


have a nice day, Whistler.


If you can keep a sesnse of humour and see the funny side of life, you will never be old. SMC.

haha

i believe you aussies call them thongs...i should have known...i'll try to keep it international next time

1) iPod

2) Tiny picture book that holds about 15 photos. Inside are pics of my dogs (both the ones still alive and those that have passed on to the big dog park in the sky) as well as a pic of my house and a pic of my neighborhood. I can't count how many times I've shown the pics of my house/neighborhood and had it start great conversations with strangers about similarities and differences in our daily lives.

3) A packet of Fran's bittersweet dark chocolate squares. It's my security blanket in case I find myself somewhere without any chocolate.

ooh, fun. okay since camera/journal have heretofore been included in the "necessities"

1. picture of my parents
2. hot sauce
3. headlamp

-a red spork
-a red flashlight
-at least 800 pages' worth of paperback mysteries, preferably of the gory forensic type
Among the donations to our library, I found a paperback from the U.K. filled with "true" (?) stories of ghastly things that had happened to overseas backpackers. Wish I had held onto that.