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Today, October 2nd, we are leaving Montreal for Istanbul. We will have 24 hours of transit in Casablanca.
Here is what I am going to carry at the beginning of the trip. I might have taken a little too much, so perhaps I’ll drop certain things along the way. The backpack I am carrying on my back weights 12 kg, while the backpack I carry on the front is 4 kg.
Bags and containers:
| Item | Description | Quantity |
| Primary backpack | Decathlon, Travel 900, 50 + 6 litres, black | 1 |
| Secondary backpack | Patagonia, 22 litres | 1 |
| Money belt | Eagle Creek | 1 |
| Bumbag (banane) | Hindbag | 1 |
| Wash bag (trousse de toilette) | Rocky Mountain Soap Company | 1 |
| travel storage cover | for clean and dirty clothes | 4 |
Clothes:
| Item | Description | Quantity |
| Raincoat | The North Face | 1 |
| Fleece jacket (polaire) | Columbia, with long sleeves and pockets | 1 |
| woolly hat | Banana Republic | 1 |
| swimsuit | Le Bon Marché | 1 |
| hiking shoes | Quechua, waterproof, low cut | 1 |
| trail shoes | Salomon, not waterproof, will use it for running | |
| cap | Ciele, very light and breathable, suited for running | |
| flip flops | 1 | |
| t-shirt | including 1 merino wool | 4 |
| t-shirt long sleeves | merino wool | 1 |
| shirt | 1 | |
| shirt with short sleeves | my most presentable top | 1 |
| short pants | 1 is for running | 2 |
| hiking pants | 1 can be transformed to short pants | 2 |
| underwear | 6 | |
| socks low cut | 1 for running | 5 |
| socks high cut | 1 hand-knitted | 3 |
| gloves | 1 | |
| microfiber towel | 1 | |
| headband | 1 |
Electronic equipments
| Item | Description | Quantity |
| Laptop | ROG Zephyrus G14 (I don’t recommend it), and dedicated charger | 1 |
| smartphone | Pixel 7 pro | 1 |
| GoPro | Hero 9 black + arm + waterproof protection case | 1 |
| sport watch | Coros Apex | 1 |
| headphones | Sennheiser | 1 |
| earphones | Jabra | |
| charger | 30 Watt, USB B et USB C | 1 |
| micro SD card | for GoPro, 128 GB | 2 |
| external battery | 10,000 mAh capacity, 3.7 V | 1 |
| adaptor | for HDMI, SD card, USB C, USB B | 1 |
| USB stick | 128 GB | 1 |
| universal adaptor | 1 |
Accessories:
| Item | Description | Quantity |
| sunglasses | Ray-Ban, polarized lenses | 1 |
| glasses (for work) | farsighted, anti-blue light, anti-glare, anti-dust | 1 |
| binoculars | very compact | 0.5 (because they are shared) |
| Swiss army knife | Victorinox, bought in Zurich | 0.5 (shared) |
| padlock | one big and one small | 2 |
| earplugs | reusable | 1 |
Lost sunglasses in Delhi while paying at the restaurant.
Lost merino t-shirt in Varanasi behind the hotel room door.
Phone charger burned in Mamallapuram. The hotel had poor electric installations.
Lost cap in the night train between Hanoi and Hue. Hidden in the sheets.
Lost USB-C cable in LiJiang. The wall had a USB-C plug, so we did not use the charger. Change of habit + white cable.
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