What I’m Packing For The Mountains of Montenegro

As you can probably tell by this post, I’ve been pretty excited for my trip to Montenegro!

It’s been on my travel bucket list for a long time and I can’t believe I’m finally going. We’ll be based in the mountains by Lake Skadar, doing yoga and plenty of hiking & adventures; I can’t wait to share the photos when I’m back!

For some reason I’m always drawn to watch peoples’ packing videos on YouTube – I think it’s something to do with picking up little tips and tricks or nifty useful items & ideas that I would never have thought of – so I thought I’d film my own and take you through some of the bits I’ll be bringing with me on my trip.

I haven’t included clothes & toiletries in this as we’d be here for about an hour because god knows I seem to like to ramble a lot – but I’m just mentioning the tech/gadget stuff as well as handy outdoors/activity/hiking themed stuff :)

Hand Luggage

• Nova 25L backpack (from Millets)
• iPad, phone & charger with EU adaptor
• Notebook & pen
• Reading book (Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert)
• Wallet, passport & important papers
• Travel sick tablets
• A cereal bar (for my early morning flight)
• Headphones for the flight & hiking to music ofcourse
• Contigo water bottle (leak-proof, for hiking)
• Bikini & spare underwear IN CASE OF LOST SUITCASE #tipoftheday

Random Suitcase Stuff

• Sunglasses
• Insect repellent (because we’re by a lake with mozzies everywhere!)
• Suncream (factor 30 & 50)
• More cereal bars…
• Hand sanitiser because… just because
• Another book (Far North by Marcel Theroux… yes, apparently related to Louis!)
• A headtorch (for going ‘caving’)
• Fruit tea (Twinings)
• A bag of medication (hayfever tablets, pain meds… you know the drill)
• Tote bag (from CeridwenDesign on Etsy)
• Large dry bag for kayaking
• Waterproof waist pouch
• Wetsuit shoes
• Camping/travel towel

Tech Stuff

• GoPro Hero 5 with telescopic mount (aka ‘selfie stick’)
• GoPro travel case
• Waterproof action cam mount + headmount
• Portable charger for multiple devices
• Olympus Pen E-PL7 with 17mm f1.8 lens (used to film the video)
• M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens
• Joby Gorilla pod for DSLRs (works perfectly for the Olympus)
• Pergear 360 degree ball head for tripod

Watch the video & follow on YouTube!

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