what's up guys it's Alexander Travelbum and today we're gonna go over ten
essential things that you need for when you go to Southeast Asia.
so I went through my bag and I grabbed ten of the things that I think that you
really need when you go to Southeast Asia these are all things that you
really should have so have them behind me let's see what's here all right let's
get this one out of the way firstly sunscreen when you go to Southeast Asia
a lot of the countries you're gonna see that sunscreen is really expensive
because it's meant for tourists or the stuff that isn't expensive its whitening
it has a whitening product in it that lightens your complexion over time and you
probably don't want that you probably want a tan so make sure to bring your
own bring some extra passport photos you can take these at home do it really
cheap print them out here and then take them with you it won't matter for a lot
of countries but sometimes if you need a visa for a country they can use these
instead of taking a photo while you're there which they charge you extra for so
if you already have your photos they'll put this on the application and they
won't charge you so wherever I go now I have about ten of these with me at all
times just in case that happens and save yourself some money there okay next is a
bagged rain jacket something that you can compress down so that it's really
small and fits in your bag easily but it rains a lot in Southeast Asia so you're
gonna want a poncho or some kind of rain jacket like this a sink stopper this is
great for when you can't do laundry on the road when you don't have enough time
you can do laundry in the sink at your hotel or your hostel you just put this
into the sink put a little bit of soap in there or detergent you can have a
little sit block of detergent that you bring with you
Southeast Asia, and this is saving me many times you do your laundry for free and get it
done quickly okay next is a USB powered mini fan these are great I use these all
the time when I was in Southeast Asia this one clips on so you can clip it
onto the bunk or clip it on somewhere so that it's on you all night and so I mean
you'll probably have AC and a lot of your hotels or hostels and so you'll
probably be fine but for me and especially people
traveling on a budget you don't always have AC and so it can get really hot and
this really saved me many times since it's USB you can plug it into your
computer and just run it all night or you can plug it into a power bank which
is the next thing so you'll need a power bank so that you can charge your phone
charger camera batteries whatever else you have to charge you'll want to power
bank so that you can charge them on the train on buses on planes or even when
power outlets aren't working if you're at a hotel or something out in the
middle of nowhere so this is an old one I had for maybe ten bucks and it'll
charge your phone maybe once but then I got this one which I think it's about
forty dollars or something like that and I love this thing I can charge my phone
ten times maybe more I can charge all my batteries and everything so I can just
continue using this as I travel across the country so a power bank I think this
is essential for when you're traveling in Southeast Asia
so I've links below to all of these things if you want to check them out I
also have an Amazon shop so it shows all of these things that I travel with all
over the world and I keep adding to it when I find really good stuff so check
it out alright next is a passport you really know I'm just kidding
obviously you need your passport but what I was gonna go over here is visas
make sure you get your visas ahead of time if you need to online for example
when I got to Vietnam I forgot that I had to get a visa
I was already in Indonesia going to Vietnam I didn't get a visa
of time so I had to get it expedited while I was at the airport which cost me
I think it was like $600 to get it and if I had done it just a few days in
advance it probably would have cost $50 maybe even less so you won't need that
for every country but make sure you look into it
they're gonna need flip-flops people wear them everyday in Southeast Asia
because it's hot but also you're gonna want them for hostels and hotels for the
showers so you don't step with your bare feet onto the shower floor so the next
thing is a bathing suit you're gonna want a bathing suit just kidding
obviously you know you need a bathing suit in Southeast Asia all right a water
purifying water bottle this one is grail this one is amazing and it purifies your
water and so you can drink good healthy clean water anywhere saves plastic
you're gonna drink a lot of water in Southeast Asia you're gonna buy hundreds
of plastic bottles if you don't have this so I suggest this one but there are
a lot of them out there but this one is really good and minimal sleek I love
this thing alright next is I'm asking your plugs hostels especially you're
really gonna need these because it gets noisy and people turn on the light in
the middle of the night all the time and it's just horrible
people don't care sometimes but even in hotels if you're in a busy city there's
a lot of honking going on in Southeast Asia in most big cities all night and so
you're gonna want these things some slip on slip off shoes if you can unless you
only like lace-up shoes it's great to have something like this or if you're
wearing flip-flops or sandals every day that's fine but you're gonna be going
into temples and pagodas most likely if you're into that taking a look around
and it's just a lot of work taking off your lace-up shoes so alright next is a
jacket a compressible jacket or sweater in Southeast Asia it is hot you're right
but on the buses and trains it can be so cold you might even need a few jackets
they crank up the AC all the time and they leave it on the whole time
so you're gonna be cold and you're gonna need something oh and the other thing
around this this is a dried bag so you're gonna want a dry bag so that you
can put your electronics in them because until these stages you're gonna be
around water all the time and you don't want your electronics to die so get a
dry bag you put all your electronics in there and they'll be safe next is a
GoPro Southeast Asia is one of the few places where a GoPro is mandatory I
think I really think you need one because you're gonna be snorkeling scuba
diving just you're gonna be in the water all the time and it is great to have
something like this to capture your trip and on that subject here is a floating
hand grip so that you don't lose it while you're in the sea it all just and
it'll just float there so that you don't lose it and then if you're gonna go
scuba diving you need a scuba dive housing and then I love this it's a
mouth mount so that you can swim around and get point of view shots okay
because you're gonna be going into temples and pagodas you're supposed to
at least cover your knees they don't like you going in there with shorts it's
it's disrespectful so if you're gonna have some light pair of pants to wear
and for girls a dress sarong something that you can throw around really quick
maybe bring one pair of pants keep them in your bag and you can throw them on
before going into a temple all right this is my booklet for my yellow fever
vaccine and all my vaccines you don't actually need this specifically for
Southeast Asia but make sure you look into vaccines and see what you need
before you go to Southeast Asia like at this point in time I think you
should get Japanese encephalitis the vaccine don't get encephalitis kind of a
subject I don't want to talk about it I want to get you fired up and not afraid
of where you're going so just look and do it and see what you might need before
you go there International Driving Permit
this costs about 20 bucks you can get it pretty easily at least in the US I think
you can get it pretty easily anywhere this is a good thing to have
in case when you're driving scooters if you want to drive a car or anything in
Southeast Asia now you can do it legally usually in Southeast Asia they don't ask
for this they don't really care that much but it's good to have if you have
time to get it 20 bucks all right this is my passport wallet you
don't actually need this but the things that are inside it I like to keep a lot
of things in here I've Global Entry I have my scuba dive certification so if
you have that make sure you bring that to Southeast Asia or you can get
certified pretty cheap in Asia if you want to learn how to scuba dive I have
extra credit cards here and then you're gonna want one or two extra printouts of
your passport keep these in a couple places in your backpack so that you
don't so that if you lose your passport you still have at least a photocopy or
two of it alright last but not least this so this is a couple extra credit
and debit card simply because if you lose one it can be really bad it can be
really hard when you're stuck in a foreign country and you don't have any
money so I'll hide a couple of bees in your bag somewhere make sure you ask
your bank if you can get an extra card or two and it depends on the bank you
have but make sure to let them know what countries you're going to so they don't
shut down your card alright so those are my essential items for Southeast Asia
those are all things that I think you really need to have because it'll make
your trip better make it last longer and if anything goes wrong hopefully you'll
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