Why first round? Cause we might have forgotten already something and we will add it later on.

Marta's bag essential

• TFX Horizon ND 55 women backpack £ 70
• Body Pocket Ladies Money Belt £ 6.99 (made with lingerie fabric)
• Travel Neck Pillow £ 4.99
• Eye Mask free (got it on a Christmas' party)
• Tatonka washbag with hook & mirror £ 14.99
• Carex Antibacterial Hand Gels about £ 1.50 each available in any chemists or supermarkets
• Lifeventure Soft Fibre Giant Trek Towel free thanks to Chris' gift voucher but otherwise £ 27
• Tucano Nano Rain Lady jacket free (gift)

Chris's bag essential

• Moncayo 55 backpack free left to him by a flatmate
• Life Venture Waist Wallet £ 7
• Travel Neck Pillow £ 4.99
• Eye Mask £ 4.00
• Lowe Alpine toiletry bag £ 11.00 was on sale otherwise original price £14.99
• North Face Messenger Bag Small £ 37.00 but we knock off few quids as bought it with other stuff otherwise was £39.99
• Lifeventure Micro Fibre Giant Trek Towel free ... gift voucher
• Tucano rain jacket free given by a friend (but now doubting if too heavy)

Chris & Marta gear (which would be carried of course by the man, otherwise what we would need them for?)

• Dell Inspiron Mini 9 £ 299
• Travel plug international adaptor Euro 9.99 (got it on our last trip in Sardinia as forgotten the Italian charger for my phone)
• TravelSafe 100 Black Secure Portable Safe £ 18.99
• Howsar quick door lock £ 4.99
• LifeSystems Micronet Double Mosquito Net £ 20.00
• LifeSystems Expedition Repellant +100 £ 6.00
• Mosquito Coils £ 1.99 (we have to get a minimun order so we could get free delivery)
• 2 Repell 55 Spray £ 5.99 each
• Travel Clothes line £ 2.99
• Argos headlight £ 7.99 (bought it previously for a camping holiday)
• ipod nano 4gb kind of "freebie" so it doesn't count as expensive as I got it as present from Chris last Christmas
• plastic sandwich bags surely just a few quids

We decide not to take a bed bug sheet, which we were unsure if necessary to avoid getting bite in the nights by these little "monsters", the sleeping bags and bed linen, which if need it we could always buy along the way. Also we decide to leave behind any camping gear as we plan mainly to spend our nights on guesthouses or on a hippie van when touring Australia and NZ.

Have we missed out something else?

We are leaving for now the struggle of the decision of our travel “wardrobe”.

Mum just asked me if a pajamas would be a good Christmas present for Chris and when I told her not to attempt to buy us anything as we wouldn’t need much on our trip she was a bit surprise and after a minute of silence she asked me “what are you going to wear for the whole trip?” ...well when I told her not much I imagined her like on a cartoon with a thought cloud above her head picturing me like a "vagabond"…

We haven’t forgot either about our first aid kit, we are just waiting to go home before taking the plunge to be stuffed up by my mum with all the unthinkable medicines for every eventuality, thanks mamma!