• Toothbrush + toothpaste (important: in your carry-on baggage! You are grateful for this after every long-distance flight)
• Shower gel, shampoo
• Deodorant
• Brush, hair tie, braces
• Razor
• Sunscreen (rather take a little more – e.g. it’s very expensive in Asia)
• Nailfile
• Hairspray (vital for some people – I leave it at home, because I travel most countries with a super high humidity)
• Make-up (“You don’t need it on vacation / on a world tour” – But! Also on a trip around the world, sometimes you just want to look beautiful with some lipstick.)
• Tampons (hard to get in Asian countries and damn expensive)

• Plaster
• Bug spray
• Painkiller
• Tablets against nausea
• Cream against sunburn
• Malaria prophylaxis

• Passport including visa
• Flight tickets and booking documents (I also print them additionally – any mobile phone can turn out suddenly)
• Travel insurance documents
• ID card of vaccinations
• International driver’s license

TIP: Additionally take the copies of all important documents in your carry-on baggage and save the copies in the cloud / send them via mail etc.

• Mobile phone
• Adapter (best option: one adapter that fits for all countries)
• Camera (in my case: GoPro), batteries & necessary equipment
• Laptop
• 2-3 USB sticks (you never know)
• Portable charger (your phone/camera should never turn off in important situations)
• Your everyday chargers (phone, laptop, etc.)
• Power strip
• Ebook reader (guidebooks, favorite novels, etc.)

• Mini travel sleeping bag (Hostel duvet covers are not always amazing)
• 2 x travel towel (microfiber dries wonderfully fast)
• Mosquito net (not always necessary – but definitely vital for me)
• Travel pillow
• Sunglasses  
• Pocket knife (caution: Not every knife is allowed at the customs)
• Travel detergent (I leave it at home – shower gel also works) 
• Card game

Of course the clothes depend on the countries you are traveling. I travel between – 5 °C and 40 °C.

• Softshell jacket (easy to combine with an onion look, breathable, wind and water repellent – doesn’t use a lot during monsoon rains but there are sexy rain ponchos in Asia)
• 1 x Hoodie
• 1 x warm sweater
• 7 x T-Shirts 
• 2 x long trousers
• 2 x short trousers
• 1 x trousers for chilling / leggins (I always wear them in the plane)
• Underwear (Important: no you don’t need five bras – I had five with me on Bali three years ago and I wore only one bra once in these 28 days)
• Socks
• 1 x Belt 
• 1 x Shoes for long distances/hikes (I don’t like the typical german hiking boots, I take my Dr Martens)
• 1 x Sneaker
• 1 x Flip Flops 
• 1 x Bikini
• 1 x Swimsuit (more practical in water parks, jumping at the cliffs, etc.)
• Sportswear (if you are in the mood for workouts and want to take a pair of sports pants in addition to the chill pants)
• Hat
• Scarf (I take additional a sarong from Bali – great a a beach towel, dress, scarf against air conditioning, etc)