What’s the Strategy?

At all times you have to ask yourself, “what is the strategy”? This is the most important question for me right now as so far I have been hovering around not really having a concrete plan on what I need to pack until I hit upon the Complete Bicycle Touring Gear v5 off bicycletouringpro.com

The easy to use checklist gave me some ideas of what I don’t have, what I have and WTF. Seems like in addition to the chainring which needs to be changed, I also have to get

-          Mirror (I have one on the right, but Chiang Kai Shek decided to make the Republic of China drive on the right in 1945)

-          Pepper spray (Hmm, can get locally?)

-          MREs (Basically, energy bars)

-          Gatorate powder (overkill?)

-          Photocopies of documents

-          Emergency contact info (roadID style)

-          Travel insurance

-          Sunglasses (hmm, hard for a four-eyed person)

-          Insect repellent

-          CAMERA BATTERIES (This is impt!)

-          Physical maps, guidebooks

-          Small padlock (will my cable lock suffice?)

-          SPOKES (omg, how do I replace spokes?!)

-          Chaintool and links (the other hard part, not sure about this repair)

-          Batteries for other stuff – GPS, lights, etc.

-          Ziploc bags

-          Medical – zinc tablets, anti-diarrhoea, foot powder (shit! ORDed long ago)

-          Survival items – whistle, personal locator beacon

Not really a long list, but I should budget around 2 days to get all these items in store. Plus the packing the day before, so  I should start latest on Tuesday next week.