Without a doubt, when traveling, you’ll be spending many an hour on overnight buses or in transit without any plugs or time to charge your phone. Whether you have a smartphone or a brick Nokia, you’re going to need to keep your phone charged to ensure you can get in touch with people in an emergency and make sure you know where you are on a map to get you to your hostel or wherever you are going.
Here’s the Amazon link to the one I have and would highly recommend: Pebble Portable Power Bank
Many will say that the traditional book is a lot nicer to have on a beach or wherever you enjoy relaxing and reading, but as I have been a sheep of technology, the Kindle has changed the game for me. I wasn’t much of a reader before but when I took one away with me to Brazil, I became obsessed with it. It meant I could download books on the go, wherever I was, and it didn’t weigh down my backpacking at all.
My Top 3 Books
The main benefit of using MapsMe is that the maps app is completely offline. This means you can download maps offline and all of the maps will be stored on your device so there is no need for an internet connection once you have downloaded the map. This can be incredibly handy when you don’t have access to 4G in a different country. When I travel, I always preload the maps to my phone of the places I’m heading to; it really doesn’t take up much space and means I always have access to my location and can find hostels, cafes, ATMs, whatever.
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With a low-profile and being lightweight this bag is perfect to keep all your daily items such as a phone, headphones, money and travel documents. You can wear it under a shirt and the clip on the back is on the side of the bag so cannot be removed easily. This bag can even fit your Kindle!
As you can see below, the bag never left my sight… apart from leaving it on an island when we got stranded in Ubatuba, Brazil. Turns out it was just at the bottom of my big backpack the whole time. One could argue it blends in with its surroundings, evading the eyes of pickpockets, a chameleon almost.
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It may not be as kitted out as one at your school GP but having a little bag of things to keep you illness-free and other problems, it’s certainly one of my travel essentials. Here’s what you have to have inside, apart from the obvious hygienic essentials:
