Equipment
Bicycle and accessories
- Thorn Raven bicycle with Rohloff speedhub (internal hub gears)
- 2x rear panniers (Ortlieb back rollers)
- 2 x front panniers (Ortlieb front rollers)
- handlebar bag (Ortlieb)
- dry bag (Ortlieb)
- front rack (Surly)
- rear rack (Thorn expedition)
- 2 x Schwalbe XR tyres
- Brooks B17 saddle
- 4 x water bottle cages and bottles
- 1 x compass (attached to handlebars)
- bungee cords
- tool kit (multi tool, chain oil, grease, puncture repair, spanner, pump, duct tape, pliers, plastic zip ties)
- 2x spare inner tube
- 2x spare spokes
- 1x pair brake pads
- 2x bike computer (Cateye)
- 1 x bike lock (Abus Centuro)
Camping
- tent (MSR hubba hubba)
- Thermarest sleeping mat
- sleeping bag (Cumulus Quantum 200)
- silk sleeping liner
- inflatable pillow
- collapsible stool for sitting on
- headtorch (Petzl)
- multi-fuel stove (Primus Omnifuel)
- fuel bottle (0.6ltr)
- collapsible wash bowl (for clothes and pots)
- Swiss Army Knife
- 2x cooking pots (Coleman non-stick cooking set)
- frying pan (essential for morning omelets and pancakes)
- 2.5 litre tubberware container (containing: cutlery, salt, pepper, sugar, filter coffee, olive oil, mixed spices)
- water container (collapsible Ortlieb 10litre)
- water filter (Drink safe systems travel tap)
- mug (with clever coffee filter attached) Too heavy (replaced with light aluminium)
Camera and Electronics
- Nikon D90 (DSLR)
- 2x Nikon camera lens (18-200mm, 50mm)
- 1x Panasonic Lumix TZ25 (broke) Replacement DMC FS15
- camera tripod (Velbon) Gorillapod
- polarising and UV filter
- lens cleaning kit
- camera bag (Lowe Pro cirrus)
- 500GB portable hard drive
- 2x 4GB memory cards
- 2 x 2GB memory cards
- 16GB USB flash card
- DLSR spare battery
- compact camera spare battery
- audio recorder (Zoom H2)
- wind-up radio (Eton FR140)
- Ipod (120GB)
- laptop (Asus Eee 901)
- solar panel charger
- mobile phone
- universal plug adapter
Clothes and Miscellaneous
- zip off trousers (Craghopper zip-offs)
- 2x short-sleeve shirts
- long sleeve shirt
- fleece jacket
- merino wool base-layer top and trousers
- 2x padded cycling shorts
- shorts
- waterproof jacket and trousers
- sun hat
- sunglasses
- trekking sandles
- cross trainers
- 2x pairs of socks
- compact travel towel
- wash bag
- first aid kit
- suncream
- lip balm
- foldable daysack
- country maps
- guidebooks+phrasebooks (French, Portuguese, Arabic)
- 2-3 novels for reading
- travel case (containing passport, passport photos, vaccination certificates)
- 2x debit cards and cash
- Moleskin journal
