What I Packed When Going Backpacking...May Help You Too!

Omar McKenzie February 25, 2016

I backpacked through 20 countries continuously before going home and near the tail end in Israel, I recorded this video to identify necessities to bring. Believe me, the research is proven!

I backpacked through 20 countries and in the 18th, recorded what I found to be useful and worth bringing along. More info on the go pro usage can be found here.

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Cooking Lessons

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Hoi An, Vietnam

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A young mother teaches her daughter how to prepare dinner in the small fishing and textile village of Hoi An.

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Suited for Royalty

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Cairo, Egypt

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Three gentlemen are on horseback, riding through the Sahara desert in front of the great pyramids of giza. Egyptians and Berber tribesmen have been using camels and horses to travel through the Sahara for generations. This desert, which is the largest in the world, stretches from the eastern to the western borders of the African continent. It gets brutally cold at night.

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Still In Chains

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Stonetown, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Statues in remberance of the once Slave Market in Zanzibar, which was the primary site from which slaves were taken in eastern Africa. Nearby was the actual holding quarters where they were held. A catholic church was built over where the auction area was. After slavery was abolished, they moved the market 30 minutes north to operate out of a cave until that was discovered and closed down.

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Almost doesnt count

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Bangkok, Thailand

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Thai Boxing(Muay Thai) fighters compete for prize money in this no holds barred fight on the outskirts of town. One ducking a pretty damaging kick from the other.

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The Forgotten 'Israeli's'

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Tel Aviv, Israel

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As I left dinner with a hostel roomate, we literally turned a corner and found ourselves staring at a ton of the only dark skinned people we've seen in Israel. The sign “Black Lives Matter” was the first thing I saw to rationalize what I was seeing. The Ethiopians in Israel explained to me that they are continuously discriminated against, since being brought to Israel during the Ethiopian famine of the 90's.

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The Boys March On

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Luang Prabang, Laos

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The youngest of the Buddhist monks awaken before sunrise every morning and patrol the streets to collect donations of sticky rice and money from the townspeople. In exchange, the townspeople receive special blessings. Often families who cannot afford all their children, may push one into the priesthood so therefore they are no longer responsible for caring for them.

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Protectors Of The Lands

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Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Maasai men, or those that pretend to be, patrol the beaches in search of foreign women who may/may not want to pay the men for sex.

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Protectors Of The People

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Lima, Peru

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The police of Lima line up in formation outside of a futbol match of two teams that has a reputation of bringing violence afterwards. The commander is without a shield.

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His Face

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Bangkok, Thailand

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A statue of Buddha rests at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Two wheels move the soul

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Hanoi, Vietnam

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Vietnamese citizens of Hanoi are in traffic at a stop light. The traffic here is so aggressive that few, if any, ever really stop for red lights.

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Golden

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Bangkok, Thailand

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Buddhist statues stand at attention at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The palace is a massive complex with offices as well as temples for government and high officials.

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Beyond 9 months

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Axum, Ethiopia

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An Ethiopian woman of the Tigray tribe carries her son as she goes about her daily routine. This method of caring for children has been done for centuries as women carried out their daily routines, undisturbed! This area in the hills of Ethiopia gets pretty chilly as it is a high elevation region.

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