What's In My Carry Bag

Beginning in the top left corner of the photo and working clockwise.

A lightweight sport windbreaker that rolls into a small roll to slide into the bottom of the backpack I use as my carry on bag.

Small tube of roll on waterproof sunscreen spf 50

Tictac breath mints

Cell phone

Headlamp

Small Ziploc baggie with toilet paper and napkins folded in it.

An empty Ziploc is also inside that to hold my dirty socks if I change socks on the plane.

Also inside the T.P. baggie are a few IBprofen, a couple Imodium AD and a couple tagament. 

Extra pair of warm clean dry socks

Can of Pringles

Crushable foldable hat.  Sunglasses inside a hard shell carry case.  When traveling from Asia to USA or back I customarily put the hat and sunglasses in my checked bag.

My laptop inside a cushioned case that slides into a cushioned pocket in the backpack.

I usually carry the charger and cord which fits into a pocket in the cushioned carry case.

A money bag that can hang from my neck, but normally just lays in the bottom of the backpack.  Inside this bag is money from the countries I’m traveling through, extra passport size photos for visas, my frequent flier cards, California drivers license.  My passport when traveling is in a special easy to access pocket in the backpack or in my shirt pocket.

A small but really terrific Kodak video camera that is waterproof to 15 feet. 

The camera I used to take these photos which is a Canon Power shot A3100.

A thermal cup with lid ($1.00 at 7-11)

Inside the cup I carry a Ziploc baggie filled with sweetener and tea bags.   You can usually get hot water for free.  With the large cup you can actually drink some tea, not just have a sip or two like you get with those tiny airline cups that they only fill halfway.

Sometimes I add a couple Snickers bars to this bag.

A notebook and several pens in different colors with gel ink so the ink doesn’t run when my notebook gets wet.

My Kindle Ebook reader.  I still use their simple black and white model because I only use this for reading books.  This and my laptop are two of the most important things I carry.

Sometimes I carry maps in the carry on if going somewhere new for me.

About the Author:

Keith Jones is the founder of Baja Jones Adventures, Jones Adventures, Tigress Tours in Thailand and Butanding Tours in the Philippine Islands and has led thousands of people to Mexico and other interesting locations around the world. He specializes in gray whale tour, blue whale tour, gray and blue whale combo tour, giant panda bear tour, walk a tiger tour, shark tour, African safari tour, African gorilla trek, arctic narwhal tour and Magdalena Bay whale watching tour. He also writes about Baja travel and gray whales. Keith Jones is the author of Gray Whales My Twenty Years of Discovery.