Always Be Prepared
You need to know what you’re doing when you pack your bags for a year abroad. There’s got to be a lot of planning and a lot of thought that goes into the ultimate decision: what do you want to take.
Clearly there will be other factors. The amount of stuff you can carry will be defined by the width, height, depth and carrying capacity of your bag. This in turn will be largely influenced by the policy of the first airline you take. Provided it isn’t ridiculously liberal, of course, otherwise it might be a one-way flight.
Where you intend to go will change what you decide to take as well. If you’re going to be in Thailand for six months, you’ll probably want to take your swimming trunks and a big list of emergency telephone numbers, health insurance certificates and some decent books. If you’re going to a wedding in Portugal, you’ll want to take some money and perhaps a wedding favour. If you’re jetting off to South America then you’ll need some literature by Che Guevara (can’t remember the title of his main book) and the keys to a motorcycle.
If you’re doing something less touristy, you’ll have to plan ahead a bit more. Compasses, hiking gear, satellite phone, medicine and first aid kit, visas, perhaps even some tinned food – all of these things will come in very handy if you end up stuck in a forest outside Pripyat with half an hour to go until nightfall.
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