What to pack?

Two lists of things we:

1. Should have left in the garage:

Surfboards – a good starting point for many conversations, but not worth the hassle of off-loading every time we stopped for the night, loading them on again the next morning and then having to stop every so often to re-tie them. Maybe it would have been different if we had found some waves…

Cooler box – we used it for storage where another black box would have been better.

Egg holder – doesn’t work unless eggs are hard boiled!

2. Found really useful:

Snatch-strap – the best thing since the hi-lift jack (if you are travelling as two vehicles).

Awning – lovely in the rain.

Vacuum cleaner – some sanity when the dust becomes too much!

Tools – often the know-how is there but the tools aren’t. Spares for Toyota seem to be available everywhere. Fortunately we haven’t had to replace anything other than a wheel bearing thus far.

Fridge – what a pleasure! To think that we had even discussed whether it was worth the money...

Fan - hanging in our tent as a ceiling fan. It saved our lives on many hot nights! (Thanks for the idea, Gideon)

Fire lighters – Good old, Blitz. Charcoal is more easily available that firewood in most places.

Wash basins – Two big plastic basins for washing food, clothes, dishes and bodies.

Potjie – Our cast iron cooking pot.

Bleach – we took 1 litre of 12% Sodium Hypochlorite (NaHOCL) which we used to clean all our drinking water and fruit & veg. We use 3 drops for 10 litres of drinking water.

Spot light and binoculars – for checking out all the creatures hanging around our camp,day and night (Thanks, Pat & B).