What to Pack For Driving To Central America

You Just Need Beer and Ice, Right?

This was our general packing list. Feel free to add to it by starting a discussion in the forum.

Personal Stuff:

• Cash
• Camera
• Sunglasses, Case
• Journal, Pens
• Hat for sun
• Small day pack
• Knife
• Nalgene bottles
• Small flashlight/led
• Mask/fins/snorkel
• Ditty bag with hygiene, soap, shampoo

Clothes

• Rain gear
• Shoes / boots
• Flipflops
• Long pants
• Fast-dry light pants
• Swim suit
• Socks
• Shirts, quick drying/wrinkle free
• Shirt, long sleeve
• Beach towel

Community Gear

• Cards
• Walkie Talkies
• Underwater camera
• Tripod
• Machete
• MP3 Player
• Power inverter for cigarette lighter in car
• Battery charger for camera
• Laptop
• Hair Clippers
• Spanish dictionary, CD's
• Spear gun (extra bands and tips)
• Sewing kit
• GPS
• Shovel
• Separate dirty clothes bag
• Paper towels
• Toilet paper
• Lighters and matches
• Baseball Bats
• Insect Repellent
• Sunscreen (Alcohol Based)
• Earplugs for wind noise
• Pens, paper
• Ziplocs in gallons to organize things
• Koozies

Papers

• Sturdy portfolio for maps and papers
• Maps
• Copies of passports
• Copies of titles, insurance, etc.

The First Aid Kit

• Allergy, Malaria, 'Rhea Meds, Vitamins
• Tweezers
• Band aids in shapes
• Allergy pills
• Aspirin, Tylenol, Ibuprofen
• Imodium / Pepto
• Malaria meds. Research which ones
• Maybe some anti-biotics
• Aloe
• Hand sanitizer (Purell)

Things For The Truck

• tie downs
• rope
• bungee's to strap stuff on/down
• tarps
• cheapie speakers, speaker wire, mounting brackets
• serpentine belt
• tools
• fuel filters
• hose clamps