As some of you know packing for a weekend away can be a troublesome task! Packing for a one week holiday can cause a migraine, and has been known to be stressful enough to even cause nasty arguments with the girlfriend. The thing is there are simply so many factors to consider: bring five pairs of socks or six? bring all your favourite t-shirts or just bring a few of them and have a few extra scrubbers for water sports, mud wrestling, sand boarding or whatever! bring two or three books or just buy them when you’re there, take the digital camera, an extra memory stick and the mobile as well???? Okay, let’s just put it this way. On a scale of 1-10 I’d give a one-week holiday a generous four in difficulty compared to getting ready for a 10 out of 10 Phillieas Fog trip. The Philleas packing is a very delicate, hire wire, balancing act with: practically, experience and Eusbius on one side and complete recklessness, vainglory and Brutos on the other side. It’s the only way I can put it.
So far here is what I’ve managed to organise. I’ll write more when I get the chance. If any of you have any tips on what other things I should bring or things I should organise before I go, let me know, as ever you can get me on declan1974@yahoo.com.
Clothes:
1 warm jumper, 1 cardigan, I shower proof, heavily insulated rain coat, 1 long sleeve shirt, two short sleeves, 8 t-shirts, 1 Ireland jersey (thanks to the buys at Vordel), 8 pairs of socks (one of which are soccer socks), 6 pairs of jocks, 2 swimming togs, a pair of gloves, 2 pairs of combats, 1 very light Indian sun pants, 1 pair of jeans and one black casual pants, a pair of boot runners, a pair of shoes, a pair of ordinary gola runners and a pair of sandels,
Medicines:
Plasters, Savalon, anti septic wipes, small scissors, anti histamines, antibiotics, motilium, imodium, panadol, dispirin, factor 12 suntan lotion and factor 2. Checked with the doc he reckons for my itinary there’s no need to bring needles!
Electronics
Nokia 6310i with spare, digital camera with 8mb and 128 memory cards, Panasonic NV-DS60b camcorder with 64 card, caharger, spare battery and 5 60 minute tapes, Dell Latitude CPx laptop, creative labs 128memory card/mpeg player. Looks like they operate on 120-220v, and 60hz in Brazil so I’m hoping that will be all right for my laptop and camera? Not sure about the camcorder? Small alarm clock, 50m water resistant Casio wristwatch. Still looking for some plug adapters. Reckon I’ll get them down there.
Gotta run! Getting a train back to Waterford for Saint Patrick’s Day. Have a good one.
