Packing List: Cambodia
SETH WRITES “The attached packing list photo is from a brief trip I took to Cambodia from South Korea in October. I spent a six days in Siam Reap, visiting the temples, eating amok (fish curry), and getting my feet wet. The main streets were flooded from the same storms that slammed the Philippines only days before. I gave myself a headache converting from Korean won to Khmer riel to USD and back again.”
Seth also put up a sweet visual packing list with notes here.
Here’s a transcription of the list:
-malarone (the script above says ‘Malaria’ in Hangul/Korean writing)
-advil
-toothbrush/paste
-antacid tables
-razor
-deodorant
-DEET
-toilet paper
-anti-diarrhea medicine (the Hangul at the bottom right is the Korean word for diarrhea. Got some laughs from the pharmacist for that).
-[to buy] hand sanitizer
-[to buy] oral rehydration salts-camera, memory cards, charger, mini-tripod
-ipod, adapter
-Korean cell phone
-travel alarm clock
-electrical plug adapter
-headlampClothing
-1 jeans
-1 shorts
-1 buttoned shirt, long-sleeved
-3 t-shirts
-5 underwear, socks
-hat
-short sleeve shirt-ziploc bags
-day pack (didn’t take)
-this black book
-pens
-yellow pad
-reading material (Graham Greene novel)
-travel guide
-passport copy
-umbrella
-money belt-
-$700 USD (only took $300)
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Do you make packing lists before you go? What’s the strangest one you’ve ever put together? Tell us about it in the comments. Or if you have a pic or scan (or can take one), please send to david at matadornetworkdotcom.
Bigups to Seth Baker for sending this in, and if you’re looking for more on Cambodia, please check out our resources here.
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i love this scan, it looks so much like my travel notebooks; random calculations, symbols, things crossed out…
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Immodium = always a necessity. I love these private glimpses into another person’s life, handwriting is so underrated!
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I agree Candice (about the private glimpses)… I feel like I’m looking at his diary or something!
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I love the small random calculations in the corners. And the scratched out time-table. Did you cancel your 30 min. jog?
Great idea.
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Glad everyone enjoyed this little peek into my disjointed (but surprisingly effective) travel preparations.
@Joshywashington: I’ve never given anybody itchy feet before. Isn’t that usually a bad thing?
@Candice and Abbie: I ended up forgetting my immodium, but when I walked into that Cambodian pharmacy with my hand on my stomach, they knew what I wanted. International sign for ‘I think I accidentally ate some bad bush meat.”
@Matt Loney: I did cancel my jog, but only because I’m kind of lazy.
(Hi Michelle!)
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