Preparations for Backpacking Trip

Want to travel without a travel service or travel agency can indeed be done by anyone. Especially for the lovers of travel, where the adventurous spirit always attached to him and wants to always find new things in every way.

However, not necessarily a backpacker called for a tourist who likes to travel to various places with a backpack on the back early in his adventure to visit some places in the country or abroad, if successful in his journey before departure is not equipped with various preparations required during the journey. Therefore, for those who love traveling the world and want to travel backpacker style, you should first understand what is to be prepared before you slide with a backpack on your back.

1. Search reference
If you have a plan for a vacation-style backpacker, select options or city which countries will be visited. To ease you in finding a few references to places that OK, you can browse through the Internet, asking for references from friends or family nearby, asked in the forum that you follow the mailing list, and look at tourist brochures or can also find references from the tour package offered by a travel agency.

2. Create a plan and calculations
Once you get an idea where I'll be traveling, start to seek as much information about the place, ranging from transportation to reach the place, weather, condition of the place, the language used, custom or local customs, and the ins and outs of the place It is the big picture.
If all the information you have, make the cost calculations that you would exclude, from the cost of travel documents such as passports, visas, tickets (if you want to abroad), the cost of transportation (land, sea, air or river), the cost lodging, the cost of visits to tourist objects, food costs, the budget money to buy souvenirs or gifts and unexpected expenses. And make sure all the calculations already include the cost of all your needs during vacation.


3. Bring the necessary equipment
All equipment will be taken, should be adjusted to the type of travel and also the place to be visited. For example the location of beaches, mountains, or urban. That way you will make in bringing the necessary equipment. And you need to carry all your equipment is just a backpack, not the usual case brought by the tourists who want to vacation. Because the name is not a travel backpack that carries luxury or glamor, because the backpack can be termed as a cowboy vacation, then the equipment was not taken until seheboh with an exclusive vacation or holiday with tour packages. And do not forget to bring a digital camera or camcorders to capture the interesting objects and any special moments that you get during the trip. Also you can take pictures or photos. So make yourself as comfortable as possible during the trip, with no fuss is made with a tote bag or suitcase, because you are a backpacker who wants to seek adventure experiences in places that are full of fun and challenges.

4. Bring Enough Money
If you visit the location you select are abroad, you need to bring enough money and before you come, do not forget to exchange local currency. With so will allow you to do any transactions at the spot, because it does not necessarily apply. Dollars in almost all countries around the world. So you will more easily in the transaction there. Also, take advantage of local currency, you no longer need to bother looking for money changer in place. In addition, you should use any cash transaction, so you no longer need to swipe a credit card transaction each time, because if so, do not be surprised if you return from vacation, your credit card bill will swell.

5. Be Confident
Because of the way you use the principles of courage and daring of capital without the help of travel agencies or detailed information so do not be shy to ask the community or local police. If you lack the language skills, do not forget to bring bilingual dictionaries Indonesian or English + local languages. But if you want information much more clearly, look for the tourist information center or a tourist information center. There the information you need is available complete with the details.

6. Ask a friend to Go With You
If you do not want to be alone when backpacking, invite some friends or relatives nearby to jointly conduct to backpack. Certainly will be more exciting if you go with friends who have the same hobby is traveling. That way you can explore interesting places together and not be afraid of loneliness atapun lost.