Packing

37.77504˚ N, 122.51056˚ W

Clothes & Toiletries

  1. 1 pair of pants
  2. Baseball cap of the most thematically-appropriate team in all of professional sports (Seattle Mariners)
  3. Deck shoes that only middle-aged white men would wear
  4. The best water shoes ever made (sold at Costco for $12 in 2015 and never again)
  5. Knee pads
  6. Sailing gloves
  7. SPF 50+ Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen with Zinc Oxide (two tubes)
  8. Watch cap
  9. Used foul weather jacket ($40 at Blue Pelican Marine)
  10. UPF 50+ Fishing Hoodie with UV mask and neck gaiter
  11. 2 long-sleeved t-shirts
  12. 6 short-sleeved t-shirts
  13. 2 pairs of shorts, 1 pair of swimming trunks
  14. Laundry bag
  15. 6 pairs of boxer briefs
  16. Toiletries:
    1. Old Spice Original deodorant (because of the sailing ship logo, duh)
    2. 1 travel-sized sonic toothbrush
    3. 2 travel-sized tubes of toothpaste
    4. Nail clippers
    5. 2 disposable razors
    6. 1 travel-sized can of shaving cream
    7. 1 bar body soap
    8. 1 shampoo bar

Gear & Supplies

  1. Cahaya 32-key melodica with traveling case
  2. Penny whistle in the key of D with sleeve
  3. 80 lemon-ginger chews
  4. Holy Stone 4K Camera GPS Drone with carrying case (includes 32GB memory chip)
  5. 1 ancient Kindle (containing ~150 books)
  6. Exercise bands with case
  7. SanDisk 32GB MP3 player with wired headphones
  8. 1 notebook for journaling
  9. Hand-painted icon of The Most Holy Theotokos “Star of the Sea”
  10. Reliefband Motion Sickness Wristband with replacement batteries
  11. 2 Canon NB-11L rechargeable batteries with charger
  12. 2 pens
  13. 2 pairs of sunglasses
  14. 1 tripod/selfie-stick combo
  15. Nikon FG-20 with:
    1. f/1.8 50mm prime lens
    2. 3 rolls (36 exp.) Ilford HP5 Black & White film
    3. 1 roll (36 exp.) Kodak Gold 200 film
    4. Lens cloth
    5. Red filter
    6. Yellow filter
    7. Polarizing filter
  16. Canon SX410 IS (20 MegaPixel, 40x optical zoom) with extra memory chip
  17. Kodak Cameo 110 camera with:
    1. 4 rolls (24 exp.) Lomography Color Tiger 200 ISO film
    2. 1 roll (24 exp.) Lomography Black & White Orca 100 ISO film
  18. Macbook Air with charger [not shown]

Except for the drone and the jacket, it all fit in the blue backpack, but since I was allowed a free checked bag on the flight to Cape Town, I opted for two underpacked bags in case there is any loot to bring home.

An unimpressive two pieces of luggage