August 2021. Bee and I are getting ready for the road.
Trying to squeeze my whole life into a set of motorcycle luggage is not an easy task.
Even harder is to guess what I will need during my first ever road trip (I estimate it would last 10 months!) 😅
👗 Based on my previous travel experience (mostly around tropical countries) I packed 3 dresses, a bikini, a beach towel, some shorts, and a number of tops – what was I thinking? 🤦🏻♀️🤣 Should I mention that I ended up buying a few thermal layers and waterproofs along the way?
👟 A pair of sneakers and flip-flops (I also wanted to take hiking boots, but they didn’t fit in 😆)
🧴Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body lotion and some other self care products happened to occupy two full organizers 😱
💊 A bag of medicine: pain killers, antihistamines, anti-inflammatory, and some vitamins (It’s 2021 and Covid is still an issue)
🛠 Now, tools. Which ones would I need? I had no idea, the only thing I could do myself at the time was cleaning and greasing the chain. But I guessed I might be forced to learn something about motorcycle maintenance along the way.
💻 My laptop (sometimes I work) and other electronics (power bank, GoPro, external hard drive), and a bag of chargers.
🧘🏻♀️ A super light travel yoga mat (that I never regretted having around with me) and an ab roller 💪
☕️ A mug, a mini water heater, and a set of tea and coffee.
🍥 A bag of random uncategorised items that I absolutely had to take with me and of course never used 🤣
🪪 Documents (passports, driving licence, motorbike registration, insurance, etc)
🧳 All of this got squeezed into a set of Shad panniers, a Givi central case, and a Merrel backpack (which soon got replaced with a Louis motorcycle backpack that I still use today)
❓Would you pack differently? 😁
