This is the list of stuff that I plan to take with me. This is all stuff I think I will need but I will probably end up using about half of it. I will also be taking two boxes of wine and some chocolates as a good will gesture for my dads friend chi because he is letting me borrow a room in his apartment block for a couple of weeks.
The camera equipment I am taking is probably not much to some people, but it is more than I would like to carry. The only problem is that I don’t want to leave any of it at home and wish I’d brought it when I get there. The lens I am most exited about using is the 50mm because I still haven’t had a good opportunity to use it. So far I have got no further than shooting cups and beer bottles in my bedroom. I would have taken it out and about in stoke more but I only got it towards the end of the academic year as I was starting to blank out all but my coursework. I hope I will have good opportunities to get some good portraits. At the moment I feel its a little patronising to just go up and photograph people on street food stalls and such, but they must have to cope with that sort of thing all the time in touristy areas. But I guess I can always withdraw into the chaos of people and traffic to never see them again. The other two are just for safety I guess, the 18-55 will be better for landscapes due to the wider view, the 70-300 will be better for animals and wildlife (well, when its at a safe distance anyway, I expect the 50mm will be better when the animals are trying to attack me) but other than that I guess it depends on the locations.
A minor annoyance I have is that the 58mm filter adapter ring I got sent to go with my filter holder is a fake and not the official Cokin one (I think they sent me a maxim one). I'm not that bothered about the name, but its slightly the wrong size. The outer ring is too small and this causes the filter holder to wobble, unlike the 52mm adapter that Is defiantly an official Cokin product. I would have sent the 58mm adapter back to the supplier but I cant find another anywhere on the internet. So I either take the faulty one or take nothing and send it back to get a ten pound refund (yeah they’re fucking expensive for a bit of metal). I will probably just take it and try and get a refund in three months.
Hmm... I got a digital shutter release timer specially for this trip in an attempt to get some awesome time lapses! Hopefully I should be able to mix the time lapses with some cool HD video, thanks to a little waterproof HD video camera (Kodak Playsport Zx3) that does photos too! Though the main reason I bought it was because It makes me happier about swimming and exploring beaches and It means I don’t need to worry about missing a great opportunity for a photo due to potential water damage. I should also be able to film some awesome fish. To be honest I'm slightly scared I will never take my 1000D out with me!
The malaria prevention tablets I will be taking are called Mefloquine. This medicine is known to have some negative side effects in some people but I have taken a two week trial (to make sure my body was ok with it) and had no side affects. The advantage of this tablet is that it only needs to be taken once a week, taking a tablet every day may not be an issue for most people but I find it very inconvenient to take a tablet every day. And as I said before, I had no negative side effects in the trial so I am happy.
Most of the other stuff in the list is fairly self explanatory I think, a leather belt is used round the waist to stop your trousers or shorts falling down etc....
There is some other stuff that I wont be bringing like shampoo and crap (crap as in stuff, not literal crap ….well I hope not anyway) that will just take up room in my bag. My dad will be lending me his notebook computer when I see him and I will need to buy anything else I have missed.
Eurohike Pathfinder 65ltr rucksackAdidas Tennis shoes
Element Baseball cap
Sun shades
Jeep rucksack
Pyramid Mosquito net (my mum wanted me to take it)
Gelert 13.5ltr waterproof bag
Leather belt
Money belt
wallet
Millets Combination Padlocks x 2
Lonelyplanet guide book
Thailand map
International driving licence (under passport)
Driving licence (not in photo)
passport
40,000 Thai Bhat (so I don’t need to worry about cash the second I land)
Credit card (not in photo)
Malaria Pills (Mefloquine)
paracetamol tablets x 2
Plasters
Inhaler
Gorilla duct Tape
sun cream x 2
50% DEET Mosquito repellent x 3 (2 aerosol, 1 liquid spray)
30GB iPod (for Podcasts and my new music)
60GB ipod (used as a backup, and it contains most of my old music)
Earphones
Kodak Playsport Zx3 (underwater HD video camera)
Old Mobile phone
4GB USB stick
Durasell batteries x 8
phone charger plug
ipod charger plug
Insurance documents (not shown in photo)
photocopies of passport (not shown in photo)
flight dates and check in details (not shown in photo)
Camera stuff:
canon 1000D (used to take photo)
Canon 18-55mm IS kit lens (used to take photo)
Manfrotto ball head tripod
electronic shutter release timer
Cokin Filter holder/adapter rings/filters
Tamron 70-300mm
Canon 50mm f1.8
Zeikos fish eye adapter
lens cloth
telephoto lens case (free from Amateur photographer magazine lol)
large over the shoulder camera bag (its not practical, but it has compartments and padding)
small camera bag (for when I don’t want to carry all my camera stuff in Thailand)
Gifts:
Thorntons continental
3ltr of Red wine x 2
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