My Digital Nomad Packing List
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sourceAs some of you know my wife and I spent 6 months travelling across South East Asia while living nomadically through Airbnb's and Hostels in 2018, recently due to COVID-19 we've been forced to live nomadically in the UK due to being abandoned by the Australian Government and having our flights continuously cancelled.
Here's what i'm currently travelling with:
Backpack
Most important part is finding a backpack that works for you, it needs to strike a balance between functionality, style and comfort.
I'm rocking the Riut - X35 (35 litre) as it allows me to use it as a normal backpack day to day or as a travel bag when transiting.
Clothes
Packed into two packing cubes and 1 shoe bag
| Type | Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| T-shirt | ASColour Scoop Neck (Shadow) | 6 |
| T-shirt | Wooly Merino | 2 |
| Shirt | Uniqlo OKBD Shirt | 1 |
| Underwear | Bonds micro-fibre | 6 |
| Underwear | Merino socks | 3 |
| Pants | H&M Gym Shorts | 1 |
| Pants | Nudie Jeans (slim) | 1 |
| Accessories | Leather Belt | 1 |
| Shoes | Allbirds Sneakers | 1 |
| Shoes | Timberland boots | 1 |
| Overwear | H&M Hoodie | 1 |
| Overwear | Leahter Jacket | 1 |
| Uniqulo | Packable puffer hacket | 1 |
Tech
- Nintendo switch
- I also swapped the dock for a travel one that looks like this
- Macbook Pro 13" 2020
- Charger
- Travel plug incl. 4 x usb ports + 1 x usb type-c port
- Sony XM3 headphones
- Nextstand
- Knockoff 'roost stand', to raise the laptop to head hight
- Custom OKLB Planck Mechanical keyboard
- Apple Magic mouse
- Small HDMI cable
- For using airbnb / hotel tv's with the laptop (netflix) and switch
- Kindle Paperwhite
- Backup laptop and phone battery
- All the dongles and cables
Misc
- Aeropress Go portable coffee maker
- I drink too much coffee and spending £3 x 3 a day would bankrupt me
- Sunglasses
- Lots of carabiners
- Helps you secure your bag to tables when out or secure random things to your bags (eg. hand sanitiser at the moment)
- Klean Kanteen Water bottle
- EE 4g Portable Broadband
- Backup internet as i've had several hotels with terrible connections
- Dopp kit
- Toothbrush / toothpaste
- Basic first aid kit
- Deodorant
- Beard oil
- Mini cologne
- Deck of cards
- Passport wallet
- UK / AU Passport
- Backup credit card
- EEA Health Care Card
- AU Health care card (Medicare)
But the best advice I got is, be brutal and go as lean as possible because it's easier to buy things rather than get rid of things.