Asia Travel Tips – 5 Things I Wish I Would’ve Packed
I feel like I came pretty prepared for our two-month Asia tour. At this point I’ve used everything I packed. However, there are a few things I wish I had brought with me.
Like a Tide stick, for instance. For those who don’t know, I make messes from time to time. In fact, just today I dropped a jar of marinara sauce in the parking lot of our hotel. It shattered (of course) and left quite a bit of a mess. It looked like someone might’ve died there so we had to go to our room and fill a pitcher with water to wash the marinara away.
If I had a Tide stick I could have easily cleaned up the marinara spots on my dress.
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Next, if they would’ve fit, I would’ve packed some friends.
Jason is getting a little tired of me ravaging the mini-bar by myself every night. (These are our friends Alex and Matt).
And then there would be the vitamin C. I packed some, but I didn’t pack enough. Between all the airplanes we’ve been on and Jason’s persistent cough, some extra vitamins would’ve really come in handy to fight off all those germs.
Fourth on the list would be a watch. Back when I had a normal life, I became dependent on my cell phone for the time. Now that I’m without a cell phone I’m going crazy not knowing what time it is. Maybe if one of us had a watch we wouldn’t have arrived early at our tour bus and surprised our sleeping tour guide at The Great Wall.
Last, but not necessarily least, I would’ve invested in this little gadget that purifies water. It’s called the SteriPEN Adventurer Handheld Water Purifier and it reminds me a little bit of a Star Wars light saber, which makes it even cooler. Since arriving in Asia we haven’t been able to drink anything but boiled or bottled water, which is fine, but it gets expensive after awhile.
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What friends are more important than family? I see how you are. I am hurt.
I think you’re losing your touch when it comes to guilt tripping. You’re not that believable.
I have a pretty good sense that you don’t want to lug around a backpack for two months with two kids nor do you have any interest in the mini-bar.
Nice try though.
I feel you on the watch thing. Last year I spent 3 weeks in Asia. No cell, no watch. I finally caved in while in Hong Kong. I went to an outdoor market and bought a cute watch keychain and attached it to my bag. It was great because I’m not used to wearing watches, so I didn’t have to think about it and I didn’t have to fumble around in my bag to find my watch it was just attached to the zipper!
The added feature was that since, for some reason, I always had to hold my keychain watch when I walked around I had added security! No one would have been able to unzip my bag without me knowing it!
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I’m with you on the Tide Pen! I can’t tell you how many spots my white shirts have on them from stray soy sauce or soup slurp mess!
I’m also looking into the SteriPEN for the next part of our trip. There’s the cost issue with always buying water, but I’m also feeling like I’ve left a pretty big footprint in Asia with all the plastic water bottles I had to discard.