- I'm taking a trip around the world that will have me traveling for many months on end as Business Insider's International Correspondent.
- I wanted to bring only a carry-on suitcase and a backpack so I could travel lighter and avoid baggage fees on the numerous flights I'll be taking.
- Most of the packing lists I found online were ridiculously minimalist. I couldn't afford to be, with travel plans ranging from business meetings to hiking trips.
- Packing properly required a lot of planning to make sure all the travel essentials I need.
As Business Insider's International Correspondent, I'll be spending the next three months traveling through Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Singapore, and Russia.
When I started planning my round-the-world trip, there was no shortage of packing lists to draw from. But most packing lists are laughably small. Minimalism is the dominant philosophy of travel bloggers everywhere.
That wasn't going to work for me.
My trip has a wide range of scenarios to plan for, and that's before you include the copious photo and video equipment I'm carrying with me to document it all.
I'll be spanning Beijing's frosty early spring to Hanoi's sweltering summer and situations ranging from boardroom meetings with executives at Chinese tech startups to hiking China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (the mountains the 2009 film Avatar was based on).
With all that in mind, I decided to eschew the minimalist mantra of the backpackers of the world and go maximalist.
Consider this carefully planned packing list my Watch The Throne.