Going Away Checklist
My trip to Asia is lurking over the horizon--exactly 10 days from today. Mitigation of the homeland security alert renders it possible for passengers to bring personal care and hygiene items that are 3 oz or smaller. In addition to clothing and gifts packed away in the checked bags, here is the list of the hand-carry essentials:
Travel Documents
__Passport
__Identification
__Visa for China, Cambodia, Laos
__E-ticket
__Online check-in (available 48 hours prior to departure)
Money
In my Timbuk2
__Laptop
__iPod + charger
__Moleskine notebook
__Reading material (most likely Heinrich von Kleist and Yellow-lighted Bookshop)
__Digital camera + memory cards
__Eye shade + Ear plug (to discourage seatmates from making casual conversation)
Toiletry Tote
__Facial wash
__Toothbrush
__Listerine
__Hand lotion
__Sun block (SPF 30)
__Lip balm
__Small towel
Just In Case
__Snack (we all know how reliable and edible airline food is)
__TUMS (Asia has no TUMS, I learned my lesson)
__Over-the-counter medications
__Mask
Travel Documents
__Passport
__Identification
__Visa for China, Cambodia, Laos
__E-ticket
__Online check-in (available 48 hours prior to departure)
Money
In my Timbuk2
__Laptop
__iPod + charger
__Moleskine notebook
__Reading material (most likely Heinrich von Kleist and Yellow-lighted Bookshop)
__Digital camera + memory cards
__Eye shade + Ear plug (to discourage seatmates from making casual conversation)
Toiletry Tote
__Facial wash
__Toothbrush
__Listerine
__Hand lotion
__Sun block (SPF 30)
__Lip balm
__Small towel
Just In Case
__Snack (we all know how reliable and edible airline food is)
__TUMS (Asia has no TUMS, I learned my lesson)
__Over-the-counter medications
__Mask
9 Comments:
What part of China will you be visiting? I did that one day trip to China from HK. We ended up in Guangzou. I want to go deeper into that region and visit my ancestoral village, Toisan. Do you really need TUMS when you can get po chai pills or baak fah yeoh?
Digital,
I'm going with my father to our ancestoral village too, in Nanhai, near Guangzhou.
I didn't know baak fah yeoh can remedize heartburn?!? Po Chai Yuen smells soooo gross but I know it works.
Anyway I'm still stocking up on tums! :)
Po chai yuun and baak fah yeoh! Digital's so funny! hahahah! Anyway Matt, what the hell is the mask for?? Will you be heading to some Chinese headmaster bondage ceremonies?? Owait, it's for on the plane. :-)
I also heard that one can purchase the 'travel' size toiletries at the airport.
Happy Monday.
Roberto...
Hehe...you never know if there will be another (knock, knock, touchwood) SARS outbreak like that in 2003, since then I've always leave a couple of the masks in my suitcase just in case.
I have to bring the microbead facial scrub since I'll be stuck on the plane for 14 hours--that's way too long to be deprived of any body cleaning LOL.
I'll e-mail you later.
What kind of mask? Freddy Krueger? Masters of the Universe? You'd think Homeland Security would be more concerned with that.
I love the phrase "toiletry tote."
Jef,
LOL the 3M N95 standard respiratory masks that filters out aerosol-sized airborne viruses. :)
Now I'm busying with compiling a list of people to whom I'll send postcards. The list gets longer every year! ;)
I love China! Take lots of tissues, they always come in handy and you can never find any where there should be some.
Good point Traveller. I also stay away from public bathrooms the stench of which you can smell from a block away. Kleenex, Tempo, I've got them all!
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