what's up guys it's Alexander travelbum today we're gonna learn how to pack for
Southeast Asia I spent five months going all around the area about a year ago and
I'm gonna do it again so let's go over my packing list and the
essential items that I forgot last time that I know about now and you're gonna
have everything you need for when you go all right so you can take a backpack or
you can take a suitcase I usually travel with a backpack but either way this
video is gonna be useful for you because a backpack that I use the Nomatic is
kind of a mix between a backpack and a suitcase so you'll be packing the same
way and the same things and also it doesn't matter how long you're gonna go
I would pack the same exact stuff if I was going for two weeks or two years
so since self these days are that's hot it's really hot for the most part you're
not gonna need a bunch of bulky jackets and things like that so you can get away
with a 40 liter bag like this and this one fits perfectly into carry-on
spaces if you carry on then when you take your budget flights between
countries in Southeast Asia you're not gonna have to pay extra fees alright so
the way this bag works is it actually opens from the back extra security here
so if you can you're gonna want a front-loading backpack which means that
it opens up like this like a suitcase alright so let's start with clothing
first so pants you really don't have to have pants you can just wear shorts
probably the whole time you're in Southeast Asia but I like to at least
have one or two pairs of pants with a really lightweight material that way
it's light in your bag and it's better for the hot weather so you can just roll
this up and stick this right in here or you can use a packing cube and then
you're gonna want a pair of shorts just in everyday pair you can wear out on the
town where every day wherever you are again something light a lightweight
material you have your bathing suit which obviously you're gonna be wearing
this a lot so there's one pair of pants one pair of shorts and a bathing suit
which you can also wear as a pair of shorts so you kind of have to there so I
usually grab five shirts in all and usually I'll do maybe four t-shirts
because I like to wear t-shirts and again take a look at these they're all
pretty light in color because it gets hot so I like to wear black but it hits
a little too hot for that in Southeast Asia
so it'll just be more comfortable if you pick light-colored things and also
lightweight again like see this this is really light it's almost see-through I
got this in Vietnam so you can also pick up shirts while you're there and we're
gonna put this in the backpack I take three pairs of underwear and you're
asking how can you get by with only three pairs like that's that's gross but
actually what I take is this travel underwear it's called ex-officio and
this underwear is amazing it feels awesome it's moisture wicking
and they say that you can wear one pair over and over and over and it's over
resistant and cleanliness and you can wear them multiple times so this just
three of these it saves room and it's about a week's worth of underwear
there's a girl underwear to actually have a pop hit up here where you can put
socks and underwear so there's the underwear and then I bring I don't know
five pairs of socks and here's a little packing hack you can use a rubber band
to keep everything together so there's five five pairs of socks alright next
you're gonna want a jacket even though you think that it's always gonna be hot
in Southeast Asia and usually it is the thing is when you get in these buses and
trains and sometimes hostels and hotels they crank up the AC and it is really
cold so you want to get a jacket that can compress a little bit and so I put
that jacket in this bag and this bag you can just squeeze it get the air out and
it compresses down a lot alright so shoes of course everyone's
style is gonna be different but if you can find some shoes that aren't laced up
that you can just slip on and slip off this is great in Southeast Asia because
you're probably gonna be going into temples and pagodas and you always take
off your shoes for that and even some hotels and hostels at the door they'd
like you to take off your shoes and I had boots last time I went I had lace-up
shoes and I had to undo them and redo them all the time and another little
hack is you can use a shower cap to put your shoes in to keep everything from
getting dirty but this one I got at the dollar store and it's way too
but lucky for me I have this backpack of which at the bottom of this backpack
they have a shoe compartment so you don't get everything else dirty or
smelling bad for your shoes so put that in there and since we're on the subject
flip-flops you're gonna want flip-flops in
Southeast Asia some people flip-flops is all you wear all right next this is
optional but this is a blow-up pillow and you know sometimes you might be
couchsurfing and you might have to you know sleep on the ground or it's even
good for busses and long train rides but if you have a pillow that you can blow
up then it doesn't even take any space at all so you can just put this
somewhere in your bag this is the Grail purifying bottle and this is great
you're gonna need a lot of water when you're walking around in Southeast Asia
and you'll buy a lot of bottles it's a lot of plastic and usually they just
throw things away over there and it doesn't even get recycled so it's great
to have this water purifying bottle and this one is awesome it's the only one as
far as I'm concerned so you can check this out below I take this with me
wherever I go now it has this waterproof pocket here that's meant for water
bottles so if a little bit spills it doesn't matter it's not gonna get all
your stuff alright another thing that's a lifesaver in Southeast Asia I think
everybody needs this you should get a USB powered mini fan this one's cool
because it clamps on so if you're in a hostel or even a hotel that doesn't have
AC you can clamp this up on a shelf clamp it on the bed if you're in a bunk
and it's just right there to set it up somewhere and it can get to you all
night I use one of these almost every day in Southeast Asia unless I had the
see blasting and what you might need with this and another lifesaver in
Southeast Asia is a powered bank now you can find power banks that are
like five dollars ten dollars but you should get a good one I've linked to a
really good one below this one and something like this can charge your
phone about 10 times it can keep this fan going all night charge all your
extra stuff if you're on long flights or train rides and you don't have anywhere
to charge your stuff yeah MacBook which in this backpack we can put put right
here another essential this is a travel towel let me show you the difference
really quick look how bulky this is then this they can fit about 10 of these in
this and so if you really need more space
you should get one of these it's also quick drying and so you can wring it out
and put it in your bag pretty much right away and it's gonna dry out these will
stay wet and then everything is gonna get that no loose smell over time wet
wipes or and or some toilet paper there are some places in Southeast Asia that
there's some places in Southeast Asia there's some places there's some place
in Southeast Asia that might not have toilet paper and so it's always good to
have it on you just in case another essential is earplugs and I'm asked
especially in hostels but sometimes hotels it can be pretty pretty noisy in
Southeast Asia especially in the big cities with all the honking and
everything so and yet another essential this is a sink stopper so sometimes it's
hard to do your laundry when you're on the road and sometimes it just actually
costs a lot because it's just the tourists who are getting it done so I
bring a sink stopper with me throw it in the sink fill up the sink maybe put a
little soap in there some shampoo anything you could even bring some some
laundry detergent which is what I did last time I don't have any with me right
now but you put that in the sink put your clothes in there let them soak
wring them out in the shower and you've done sink laundry for free travel
tubes they're the same for anywhere you go but you're gonna need these for your
shampoo conditioner you know that kind of the one thing I do want to talk about
is sunscreen you should bring some if you use it and you're pale because when
you get to Southeast Asia some of these countries you're not gonna be able to
find it that easily when you do it's meant for tourists so it's gonna be
expensive and the stuff that is not expensive a lot of times it has whitener
in it so over time that lightens your complexion and you probably don't want
that alright a rain jacket but a compressible one see how small this gets
you're gonna want something like that alright so you're gonna want to day pack
something that you can bring around when you leave your big pack at the hotel so
you want something that doesn't have a rigid back because you're gonna want to
roll it up so that you can stick it in here so see this a lot of backpacks they
have that stiff back which is comfortable but you want something
really light and foldable so when you're not using it roll it up like this stick
it in there I highly suggest if you can afford it
maybe get a used one if you don't have one already a GoPro because you're gonna
want to take it into the water take it into the sea you know do some jumps off
some cliffs and just a GoPro is a great tab especially for a place like
Southeast Asia usually got this that's a mouth mouth so you put your GoPro on
there and then stick it on your mouth so if you're snorkeling or something like
that buko and then an ape case I've been
using these you can get in different sizes so that it fits perfectly in your
backpack and get a bigger one different sizes different colors it's pretty much
waterproof it's a little bit padded so it keeps your gear really safe
in there then this isn't mandatory but you might want to have it just in case
international driver's permit you can get these pretty easy they cost about
$20 and that means that you can legally drive a scooter drive a car or something
when you're there all right and then this is a passport wallet it's great
because it's bigger than a regular wallet it holds your passport in there
besides your passport that can hold your extra things Global Entry Card extra
credit cards if you want just keeps everything safe and they have different
styles different colors and everything I love this thing all right let's try this
thing on okay here it is the nomadic fully packed backpack for Southeast Asia
if I forgot something let me know because I need to know and everyone else
needs to know down below so leave a comment if there's anything extra or if
you think I packed too much all right I will see you guys in the next video