Checklist for Travelling

India Trip Item Checklist

Essentials Passport Airline Tickets 500 USD cash 200 USD in traveller's checks Electricity convertor Lots of earplugs (bring some on plane!) Pictures of loved ones! Clothing 3 pants, 2 shorts windbreaker sweatshirt Rain poncho Hats (with decent size brims) Small umbrella Sunglasses Flip-flops Cheap sneakers Hiking sneakers 5 short sleeve, 2 long sleeve shirts 7 days socks/underwear Bathing suit Miscellaneous Pens (for village children) and candy (for city children) Garbage/cloth bag for dirty clothes Wire fishing line for tying up things Little camera, big camera, holders Small camera tripod All kinds of reading material Magic marker to mark film canisters Reading glasses Notepads Screwdriver for glasses Small magnifying glass Many sandwich bags Scissors Immersion heater for heating water Cleaning cloth for glasses Small needle and thread kit Glue Travel Aids Lonely Planet Guidebook Rough Guide Guidebook Lonely Planet Hindu Phrase book Sheets for ashram stays Blow up pilllow Sleeping bag pouch (for dirty hotel beds) Backpack for day trips, walking around Map of India Reading light Small calculator (for money conversion)

Medicine-Health-Hygiene First Aid kit Doxycline (all purpose antiobiotic, especially good for 'traveller's diarrhea) Immodium-AD Swiss-Criss (natural laxative) Sunscreen Melatonin (natural sleeping and jet-lag agent, highly recommended, sets body rythms to local time) Kyolic (garlic medicine) Nutrobiotic (natural antibiotic made from grapefruit seeds) Vitamin B,C Tissues: Small packages Bactine-like products Disinfectant liquid (in hand-soap dispenser, very useful) Towelettes for hands Nail clippers (never bite your nails in India!) Mylanta (indigestion medicine) Bandaids Oscillococcinum (Homeopathic flu medicine) Pepto-Bismol tablets (very useful!) Chlorella tablets, spirulina Throat Lozenges "Green Ban" mosquito repellant Hypodermic needles (in case you have to go to the hospital) Security Flashlights Knives (Swiss/multi-purpose, other sharp knife) Cable lock (useful in trains to lock suitcase to train, prevents walking away...) Small locks (always keep all bags locked) Money belt and/or passport pouch Clock radio alarm device (check Sharper Image) Journalling Dictaphone and tape (to capture the sounds of India) Laptop computer ( I brought a cheap one to carry along) Floppy disks Extra laptop battery Airmail paper Several good pens Food High protein snacks (peanut butter, nuts) Dried soups/dehydrated food Herbal teas Turkey-jerky (for a quick protein pickup) Energy bars Comfort food