A few days ago, I was sitting on the beach with Celia. Celia just finished her Dive Master course. She is in love with the ocean, a surfer and now a traveller.
She left home to go to Australia about a year ago now, and she is just in the middle of this time in life where there is no way back: your itchy feet are forever.
So we were chatting, Celia is 20, OMG, 14 years younger than me... but the same age, I started my life around "the oceans".
Travelling is such an adventure.
You think you can just pack a small bag, have your passport and a credit card... and off you go: but NO!
You need to pack in a clever way and never get attached to anything (say the one that adopted a Dog and a Cat in one of her trips).
So little tips about my little experience:
1- Pack bags into bags: tropical countries = Torrential rain. When you aren't ready, after 1 week, all your clothes are good for the rubbish.
Get yourself some waterproof bags from any sport shop and pack bags inside bags.
2- REPLACE. Never buy anything new, if you don't really need it. You get a t-shirt, the old one goes to the rubbish. Same with shorts, bikinis, flip flops etc...
3- Message for girls: Stop using TAMPAX! They are expensive, anti ecological, and very hard to find in many countries: FLEUR CUP is the answer!trust me in this one!
4- Message for girls Number 2: laser waxing. I know I know, it can be very expensive, but in countries like Thailand, Indonesia or even Singapore: It's CHEAP!! it's the happiness for dive instructors!
5- Go as digital as you can!
6- Scan Scan Scan and pack pack pack everything in a hard drive
7- Never loose your passport, and if you do, make sure you had everything scanned and safe in an ICloud, to can open it from any device... not only from one... in case you loose it too!
8- Remember that post cards are cool. Send post cards and avoid opening your laptop instead of watching a sunset. And guess what... the beloved ones really get excited to get a letter that is not from the phone company.
9- Call from Skype
10- Teddy bear is allowed... because is NOT useless! even more if you travel alone and you need a big hug!
And that's the few little things I learned, since I'm travelling!
I try to so my best, but still, one bag for scuba gear, one bag for clothes and shit, my "little" cabin bag pack and my big "teddy bear" turtle... for sure I could do better than that, but at the end of the day... I'm a girl as well...
So Celia, this is for you!
I hope you had a fantastic trip back to your waves!
I see you soon!
Celia, Caro and I, girls travellers talk
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