Basic Spring/Fall Packlist

The list below is for a week trip to Rome in October 2009. The weather was in the 60-s to mid-70's during the day with some rain and into the low 60's at night. I had a 22" roll aboard which I checked because "everyone else is doing it!" and and a smaller carry-on bag plus daybag for my camera.

Basic Hot Weather Packlist

Packing Light:
The list below is for a 16 day trip to Vietnam in July 2009. Both of us went on this trip and we each had a 22" roll aboard and a smaller carry-on bag/backpack. We did not plan on checking our bags, at least not on the way there. Neither bag was stuffed full.

Post Trip Notes:
We each wore everything we brought. We had laundry done mid way through the trip in Hoi An for $1 per kilo, spending about $10 to have 2 loads of all of our clothes combined done.
I also had a knee length wool coat made, bought 2 purses, many scarves, a 10' table runner, and 4 single serving Vietnamese metal coffee filters plus coffee. I was able to add all these items to my suitcase without having to expand it.
David bought 5 golf/polo type shirts plus a couple t-shirts and they all fit in his bag without expanding it. My point is, you can travel light.
We ended up doing carry-on all the way to Hanoi. We had to check our bags for internal flights and were forced to check on the way home because JAL switched us to Thai Airways due to a delayed flight.

Women's Clothes

Tops
T shirts-Short sleeve-4 (cotton lycra) Black, red, pink, brown
Wrap Tank Tops-3- (cotton lycra) Black, brown, purple
Empire waist T-shirt-1 (cotton lycra) Black
Lightweight cotton short sleeve button shirts-3 (cotton) Blue, Black and White, olive green
Grey cashmere zip up hoodie sweater for the plane

Bottoms: (all cotton)
Brown Capri
Tan Capri
Olive Green Cargo pants
Black pants

Bathing Suit
Black silk pj bottoms

Shoes
Brown tennis shoes
Brown sandals
Black tennis shoes

Hat
Sunglasses

black messenger bag
wallet

pashmina (never used this, but wrapped it around my camera)
socks-6
underwear-8
bras-3

Men's Clothes:

Tops
4 T shirts
3 button down shirts, short sleeve
1 long sleeve cotton button down shirt

Bottoms:
3 Shorts
2 Pants
2 Swimtrunks

Shoes:
Sandals
Flip flops
Underwear-7

Hat
Sunglasses

green messenger bag
wallet

Critical items:
Passport
Copy of passports
ATM cards
Credit Cards
Thai Baht (from previous trip)
Visa Photos
Vietnam Visa paperwork
Itinerary (from Tripit.com)
My notes and confirmation letters- Separate zip lock bags per destination/city

Tech Stuff:
cell phone and charger
2 digital cameras- Nikon D40x DSLR plus 2 lenses (35mm f/1.8 prime and 70-200mm telephoto) & Nikon Coolpix point and shoot.
filters
memory cards (6.5 Gig total)
Chargers (Phone, laptop, 2x cameras, sony PSP)
Sony PSP
adaptor plug-2
Laptop (5 year old Toshiba Portege, 2 lbs)
Sony PSP (games)
Mouse (laptop size, small)
AAA and AA Batteries
USB Thumb Drive
USB SD Card reader
Headphones and adaptor
Webcam and microphone

Toiletries
advil
Medicines
TSA Liquids 1 qt bag
makeup
1st aid kit
Brush
Comb
Trail mix, dried cherries, chocolate, gum

One of the nice things about traveling with someone is that you can share toiletries.
Clockwise; top left and top middle bags are our TSA "liquid allowances" bags. Top and bottom right are misc dry stuff. Middle bottom is my makeup and bottom left is a first aid kit.

Other:
Luggage Locks
Guidebooks-DK Eyewitness Vietnam & Fodor’s See It Vietnam
extra zip lock bags 
zip ties
flashlight
binoculars-mini
Compass
Paperback books to read-2
umbrella-2

Basic Cold Weather Packlist

The list below was for a trip I took to France in 2008. Everything was packed in 1 22" rolling bag (picture top left column) and one smaller carry-on bag.

See list above for non-clothes items.

Yes, that's the dark
brown coat I had made
in Vietnam!

Fit items in where ever you
can and then fill in with
clothes folded into
zip lock bags.

The end product-one 22"
roller and one small bag.
Note; the small bag changes
with each trip, depending
on need.

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