What to Pack For Driving To Central America
You Just Need Beer and Ice, Right?
This was our general packing list. Feel free to add to it by starting a discussion in the forum.
Personal Stuff:
- Cash
- Camera
- Sunglasses, Case
- Journal, Pens
- Hat for sun
- Small day pack
- Knife
- Nalgene bottles
- Small flashlight/led
- Mask/fins/snorkel
- Ditty bag with hygiene, soap, shampoo
Clothes
- Rain gear
- Shoes / boots
- Flipflops
- Long pants
- Fast-dry light pants
- Swim suit
- Socks
- Shirts, quick drying/wrinkle free
- Shirt, long sleeve
- Beach towel
Community Gear
- Cards
- Walkie Talkies
- Underwater camera
- Tripod
- Machete
- MP3 Player
- Power inverter for cigarette lighter in car
- Battery charger for camera
- Laptop
- Hair Clippers
- Spanish dictionary, CD's
- Spear gun (extra bands and tips)
- Sewing kit
- GPS
- Shovel
- Separate dirty clothes bag
- Paper towels
- Toilet paper
- Lighters and matches
- Baseball Bats
- Insect Repellent
- Sunscreen (Alcohol Based)
- Earplugs for wind noise
- Pens, paper
- Ziplocs in gallons to organize things
- Koozies
Papers
- Sturdy portfolio for maps and papers
- Maps
- Copies of passports
- Copies of titles, insurance, etc.
The First Aid Kit
- Allergy, Malaria, 'Rhea Meds, Vitamins
- Tweezers
- Band aids in shapes
- Allergy pills
- Aspirin, Tylenol, Ibuprofen
- Imodium / Pepto
- Malaria meds. Research which ones
- Maybe some anti-biotics
- Aloe
- Hand sanitizer (Purell)
Things For The Truck
- tie downs
- rope
- bungee's to strap stuff on/down
- tarps
- cheapie speakers, speaker wire, mounting brackets
- serpentine belt
- tools
- fuel filters
- hose clamps