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What equipment? What gadgetry?
After 4 years I am still carrying too much stuff, reduce - and not take many new stuff on board. After a while on the road more and more stuff is deemed nonessential, irrelevant, a burden.
I only own what's in the truck. Stuff on the road breaks, tears quicker, what I abandon today I'd have to rebuy tomorrow. So true for clothes, they fade at lighting speed, washed by being rubbed on stone, the washing powder never rinsed enough. They just get holes.
When back home I take all those old clothes that fill up brothers' and sisters' wardrobes, wear it for another year and then give it to someone poor in Africa. Children too often run around naked. In winter at night temperatures fall close to zero in Sahel Africa. Recycling?!
- Boxes - most stuff is stored in boxes.
- Camera Stuff - cameras, lenses, scanner, tripod, mono pod, films, ...
- GPS - Garmin.
- Lenovo 3000 n200 laptop computer, after I burnt the Asus F2J, plugging the adapter in the 12V. Also had an Acer before, but their service dep. let me down.
- 300GB Maxtor and some other external HDDs.
- Iridium satellite phone. But it is expensive and complicated to buy credit.
- Nokia mobile phone always a Nokia, (click for the current number).
- Edirol 24 bit digital MP3 recorder R1. Soundbites -- coming up soon.
- Cables - mains/12V/usb for computer, gps, digital cameras, phones, chargers, etc.
- Ovation guitar.
- CDs - no-more, switched to MP3 and bought a
- Creative Zen Touch MP3-player. CDs and CD players scratch and break.
- Tools, 3 boxes full of tools, where 2 before, but now I think I have most of what I need, as good mechanics you find easier then good tools.
- Spares, 2 boxes (been 1 before), not a question if you need them just when (as Stuart Foley said)
- High-lift jack, sand ladders, 2 spare wheels, air compressor, towing straps.
- Books - you always carry too many books, maps, manuals, dictionaries, but dictionaries really are going digital...
- Kitchen stuff - espresso machine, pan, pot, pressure cooker, mugs, cutlery, plates, wok, chopsticks, tagine, ...
- Engel 12V refrigerator. The best.
- Food - spaghetti, rice (sometimes 10 kilos), beans, lentils, cous-cous, flower, olive oil, vegetable oil, and stuff ..., coffee, tea, ...., usually a lot of vegetables (several kilos of potatoes, onions), lots of different spices, dried chilies, eggs for breakfast.
- Sporting equipment - golf kit, wet suit...
- Backpacks, walking boots, mountaineering stuff.
- Tents.
- Blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, mosquito nets.
- Clothes, for winter, summer, the beach, the city, rain and sunshine, ...
- Victorinox SwissTool.
- Buck hunting knife.
- Medication, First Aid stuff, ..., from headache to Malaria.
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