Road Trip Essential Items

Posted by Ling on March 13, 2010

Ling Loves Lays Crisps

When you read this post, I will be on a road trip from Sydney to Melbourne.  The journey takes about 12 hours but we are stopping over at Albury for the night and paying Canberra, the capital of Australia, a visit.

I am now an experienced traveller and here are my top 10 road trip essential items :-

1.  A GPS system.  Maps are so last decade, dah-ling!!  The one we are borrowing has Homer Simpson’s voice and if you take a wrong turn, he says “Doh!”

1.  My Apple iPod touch which contains all my funky music playlists including my new favourite album The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga and if I get bored, I can play games too.

2.  Snacks – I love crisps (or potato chips) especially salt and vinegar.

3.  Bottles of Diet Coke to keep me awake and water for hydration.

4.  My lovely pink Sony camerato take random snaps of me and the surroundings.

5.  My mobile phone so I can go on the internet and update my Twitter.

6.  Sunscreen.  Yes, sunscreen because sun shines in through the window and burns the skin!

7.  Blanket.  Mine is courtesy of Qantas.  Who can survive a long haul flight without a pillow and blanket?  Not me!

8.  Sugar-free chewing gum to freshen the breath and blow bubbles with to alleviate boredom.

9.  Travel sickness prevention wrist bands which are the bee’s knees for anyone who gets travel sick!  I used to take travel sickness pills but they made me feel groggy.

10.  A good travel buddy, in my perspective, is someone who will keep me entertained throughout the whole journey and will not moan when I need to empty my Peebox.  Who’s my travel buddy?  The boyfriend!  Yeah!

This post is dedicated to my daily faithful blog readers who may suffer Ling’s blog withdrawal symptoms if I did not update today…and so, I wrote this 2 days in advance!

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