Equipment
Here is my travel equipment. First things that were really needed:
- passport
- travel tickets
- visas
- USD 400
- RBL 1600
- FIM 400
- Traveler's cheques Amex USD 800 (needed 400)
- pens, 4 pcs
- plastic bottle
- big waist bag
- small waist bag
- camera + 4 films
- toilet paper
- mony belt
- light gloves
- warm gloves
- flashlight
- Russian, Mongolian and Chines phrase books
- calendar + address book
- lock with numbers
- Suunto X-Lander wristop computer
- alarm clock
- small binoculars
- guide books: trans-Siberian, Mongolia, Beijing
- copies from guide books etc,
- book of Ramses II, photocopies
- pocket radio
- eye glasses
- sun glasses
- ear plugs, 2 pairs
- eye shades
- lactic acid bacteria
- gerimax, ginseng pills
- disperin
- backbag, 38 l
- socks, 3 pairs
- underpants, 2 pairs
- swimming pants
- jeans
- short jeans
- t-shirt
- polo-shirt
- woollen shirt
- running jacket
- running shoes
- long underpants
- cap
- wallets, 2 pcs
- international student card
- business cards
- post cards from Finland
- lip balsam
- xylitol gum
- Finnish coins
- Swiss army knife
- bottle opener
- towel
- shampoo
- soap
- deodorant
- brush
- washing powder
- spoon-fork-knife
- paper plate
- plastic mug
- universal bath plug
- matches
- notebook
- plastic bags
- minigrip-bags
- fast food
- tee
Then those that were not needed
- currency conversion tables
- abloy-lock and key
- watch
- sun lotion
- credit cards
- blood card
- travel insurance cards
- numbers to Internet bank
- small plastic bottle
- disinfectant
- mobilat
- echinaforce
- pantyson
- strepsils
- ketoprofen-painkiller
- plaster
- imodium
- vaccination card
- paper mugs, 10 pcs
- rubber threads
- rope
- mosquito repellent
- needles
- button
- needle and thread
- rain vest
Then what I didn't have, but would have needed:
- thermometer
- gsm-phone
- sleeping bag
- md-player and discs
- sugar
- hiking shoes
And lastly, what I brought back that I didn't have when I left:
- woollen scarf
- woollen cap
- cashmir gloves
- t-shirts, 2 pcs
- socks
- tee cups for mother
- toy panda
- toy tiger
- notes and coins from Russia, Mongolia, China and Japan
- Mongolian bone game
- silk scarf
- Chinese sweets
- tee
- Siberian comb
- wooden souvenir
- Mao's red book
- novel: Kongo
- Mao's life story
- photos 160 pcs, post cards
- stamps
- chopsticks
- Chinese wine
- empty beer bottles and cans
- sports newspaper from Irkutsk
- different guides and used tickets
- CD discs, 1 from Mongolia, 1 from China
Mika Perkiömäki - mikap@iki.fi
Last modified: Thu Dec 16 23:19:01 EET 1999