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Having only two days to plan and pack for this trip here’s an area that’s a bit hit and miss.

Like setting off without any tyre leavers. I just never gave it a thought. I bought puncture repair kits and these trick canisters that inflate your tyres in seconds but without tyre leavers that’s all pretty useless. As I realised on day two when I got a puncture. There was no way I could get the tyre off, so I was stranded until someone stopped and lent me theirs. I’ve bought some since, but it did teach me that sometimes enthusiasm alone just isn’t enough.

I don’t have a razor either, which means I’m now patchy bearded. Nor did I pack toe nail clippers so now I have talons growing from my toes. Maps would also have been a good idea, as would Lonely Planet guides and a rough idea of where I’m heading. Instead I’m fumbling through blind, which is stupid given where I’m going.

So what do I have? Well, I thought rope would be useful so I have a length of that. For footwear I have two pairs of Converse, for the rain I have a flimsy jacket, for repairs I have a tool set and for entertainment I have an iPod with one broken earphone.

Then I have a bag of electric equipment, laptop, helmet camera, normal camera, hard disc and other things I can’t now remember. So if you want to rob me then now you know what you’ll get. But I’d rather you didn’t because I need it. But just remember, I travel with a penknife and some killer boxercise moves. You have been warned.

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