Thursday, October 1, 2015

Backpackers ke Kite? 10 Tips Pack Luggage untuk EuroTrip yang Awesome

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and may all of us be blessed with Allah Azzawajal hidayah and barakah. Ini tips untuk pack luggage anda untuk dibawa pergi EuroTrip. These tips are based on my own experience as a backpacker around Europe for 18 days, harap membantu!

1.     3 Jackets and THAT’S it!
      I went for a EuroTrip for 18 days and 3 jackets (2 jackets + 1 sweater to be precise) were good to go! But unless if you are a acah-acah hijabista fashionista, 10 pun takkan cukup kaaaannnn?? Okay no offense but really ladies, 3 are more than enough but the catch is colour mesti lain-lain or jauh beza so bila dalam gambar banyaknyeeee baju kau Jah oiiii!

2.     What’s Inside Your Jacket is NOT IMPORTANT! Bring Less
      Seriously no one cares what you wear inside those gorgeous jackets so if you are going for 18 days trip, just bring 5 t-shirts NO! 3 if you are ‘strong’ enough. Ya Allah, serious sure cukup punya sebab jacket tu je dah tutup the whole t-shirt tu, so wasted je. Ulang lah 10 kali pun baju sama no one will notice and even you yourselves gonna forget what you wear. Tapi during my trip I did laundry cleaning for at least 3 times la (takde la keji sangat hokey). After all, your friends are busy envying the great vacation you’re having not your baju.

3.     LOTS of Hijab/Shawl/Tudung are Crucial
      Now this is CRUCIAL dear Muslimah. I urged those Muslimah out there who wanted to go for a long trip to pack ALL your best hijabs and bring all along! Jackets and t-shirts if ulang orang tak perasan tapi when it comes to tudung, JANGAN BUAT PASAL! I did the huge mistake once so I love ya all and saving you from repeated hijab in beautiful scenery. Pergi 18 hari jadi bawalah 10 helai tudung tu. There’s always a room for more hijab even you are a backpacker. Benda lain boleh tinggal like 2 3 helai of your husband’s t-shirts keeeee (be creative on this).

4.     2 Jeans (1 in the Bag + 1 Wearing it)
      Nampak macam terlalu sikit/pengotor sebab cuma bawa sehelai je seluar (tidak termasuk yang tengah pakai) but you know what? Let the jeans be jeans. Who actually wash your jeans after every usage, once a week pun jarang kaaann? So don’t la suddenly be ‘pembersih’ at time like this. For Solat yes we need to be clean tapi asalkan bersih dari najis maka inshaAllah bersih for Solat.

5.     Sufficient Undies
      How many is sufficient? Well, it’s up to you (hands off on this).

6.     Toiletries if Needed
      For those who’ll be staying in economic accommodation like Ibis Budget or Travelodge then toiletries is a must sebab tidak akan disediakan. Rather than buying a travel size shampoo and shower foam, lebih jimat jika di repacking by buying travel containers and fill it up. Towel/tuala tak perlu sebab even they don’t give you toiletries, towel akan always disediakan.

7.     Stoking & Comfort Shoe, Yes. Slipper? No 
      Good quality comfort shoe is NOT a bargain! Spend some money on buying high quality shoe will save more of your money later on during the trip sebab kaki umpama nyawa bila travel. Bila sakit kaki, tak boleh dan tak ada mood nak berjalan jadi akan merosakkan semua plan. It ain’t everyday you’re going for a EuroTrip so please don’t sabotage your own vacation with that cheap shoe! NOOOO!!
Lots of stoking is for hygienic purposes especially for Muslimah since Solat perlu menutup aurat tanpa pakai telekung (Solat in public places like tepi jalan mana nak ada chance pakai telekung). I did brought along a slipper but ended up not being used at all so why bother.

8.     Medicine for Emergency
      Only Allah knows what will happen to us so always be prepared! Prepare lah basic ubat macam Panadol dan minyak angin sebab ubat mahal kalau nak beli di sana. Tapi jangan bawa banyak sangat, kang tak pasal lak kena tahan as drug dealer haha. Not sure if you need any letter to bring this on board but for check in luggage no problemo!

9.     Ready-to-eat Foods
      Ready-to-eat foods will certainly save you a lot of money dan lebih mudah untuk Muslim macam kita. Tak susah nak cari makanan Halal in a big city like London and Paris tapi makanan Halal yang murah (€6 – €15) mostly would be Arabic/Indian foods. Dah kalau 18 hari trip nya muak lah kan asyik makan kebab je. My family even brought nasi impit, beras and rice cooker and it helps a lot! But make sure NOT to bring too much because you gonna get ‘sick’ with all that lauk segera. Sometimes you definitely wanna taste those local Arabic/Indian foods and their Wifi LAJU!!

10.             Others (Power Bank, Monopod, Rain Coat, Botol Air untuk Toilet)
      What kind of vacation if you can’t share the breathtaking sceneries, so pack up the power bank and don’t stop uploading those photos!

And oh I just knew that in Europe there is NO monopod, the Europeans will find your monopod quite interesting and it also means it is expensive there around RM100++. Especially for my husband and me, monopod is our life as no one gonna help us take our picture geeeehh.

While for the raincoat, the rain on the other side of the world is ain’t that hard as in Malaysia. Rintik-rintik je most of the time padahal langit macam nak lebat sangat dan surely inshaAllah takkan basah lenjun except that one time in Amsterdam.

Botol air sumpah penting! Sebab European countries toilet semua tak ada paip jadi everytime nak pergi toilet mesti kena ada botol kosong untuk tadah air.


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