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Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Um, I've been on YouTube for a long time now and I've made a hell of a lot of videos, mainly about travel. I thought today we'd look back on the wisdom that young Ali gave before I mean she didn't know much. Let's be real. We're going to be easy on past Ali because bless her, she was just trying. So, uh, let's have a little reaction, shall we? That's original on YouTube. To some packing videos that I have done. Oh my god, look at that thumbnail. Beautiful. Backpacking, what to pack and what not to pack, 7 years ago. Oh, no. Oh, it's me and my old uni digs. Here we go. What I'm going to show you is what I would pack if I was going somewhere with a warm climate. If you
want to take a dress, take one dress that you can wear during the day and in the evening. Look how PRETTY IT IS. OH MY GOD. That dress was really lovely. Um, I just love I need to do this more. How I just got to the point You know, you just get to the point back then. You didn't mess around. Beauty, don't ever take a full-size towel because guaranteed it is so big, so clumpy, so heavy, takes forever to dry them and wash them. Don't bother.
What I would recommend Well, like this, Ali. Exactly this. This towel. This one right here. Who says you need to buy towels regularly? 7 years and going strong. And probably a pair of little pumps or dolly shoes for the girls. Dolly shoes. Who remembers dolly shoes? I was never allowed them at school. Moving on to cosmetics, take miniatures. Ta-da! Take Don't take miniatures. What are you doing, Ali? I did a whole video like a little mini exposé of trip crunching the numbers and travel miniatures. while some are essential like you want to take dry shampoo and stuff it's like in a little canister fine fair enough but there's such a rip-off Ali you were a student you barely had wine money but we always made it work.
Miniatures of everything anything you pack if you can get it smaller get it smaller. Still a good balance. my favorite items to take abroad. I was lying on the garden the other day on this I still have it she's a gem I love her. Ta-da. My color TV was Where did it go? Most people don't really know how much underwear to take now I'm not going to drag mine Who doesn't know how much underwear to take Ali okay Ali April 12th 2013 Ali who out there is sat there crying and panicking about how much underwear to take you count how many days you're going and then you throw a few extra in a few extra you can always do with extra
no one's upset about it Ali. pairs of panties and four pairs of socks. Did I just say panties? Travel wash in case you need to wash your clothes in the sink or a bucket or wherever. Just use shower gel that's a good one. Come on Ali tell us what not to pack. Maybe you just we over pack and I've done it myself I did it on my first trip and I kind of did it on my second trip as well. And then I kind of did it on my third trip and then I got really good on my fourth trip but by the time my fifth trip came I forgot all about that and I'm packing everything. Not me I'm talking about like a hypothetical person. Don't do it you will I guarantee that you will not need half of the things that you are going to pack promise you so here are my four
things that you should not pack straighteners and hair dryers. Completely agree with the hair straighteners couldn't give a crap about my hair most of the time as you know it lives like this. Normally in a high bun but what we can't be asked today I sometimes take hair straighteners regret it every time now. It's like I'm regressing back. I should just watch my own videos. Don't take them, Ali. You don't need them. I take them if it's a hot humid country. It's just ridiculous. Even if it's not a hot humid country, I can't be bothered. Straightening this, mate? Too long. Also, the humidity is so bad in some countries that you So bad in some countries.
Number two, jeans. Do not pack jeans. I always pack jeans now. I don't like wearing jeans. Don't get me wrong. But I will. It's a necessity of life, jeans, especially in winter. I get it if you're going to a hot country. I get it. Don't. If you're going to a hot tropical country that's like bloody 35° every day, don't bother. But I didn't specify that, did I? Did I at the start say it was a hot country? If I'm going to somewhere cool, autumn break, winter break, when I went to Boston, I lived in my jeans there. You know, depends, Ali. You got to be open and aware of all the weather.
But I get what you were saying. Don't pack jeans if you're going to somewhere hot. You'll go to somewhere hot, you'll never use them, they take up a load of space in your pack. They do. And after you've been washing them in rivers and in sinks with hard water I don't know where I thought I was going that I'd be washing them in rivers. I was never that adventurous and still aren't. Like as adventurous as I'll go is like going to the expensive part of the wine list and going it, I'll treat myself. That's my kind of adventure. I don't know what you like to do. And you're stuffing them back into your pack, they will get ruined and you'll
never wear them. So they are pointless. Why am I washing them if I wasn't wearing them, Ali? Oh my god. The power of now. I was that was my moment. That was I still got that book. Why would I be washing them in rivers? Why am I taking these jeans all over the world, washing them in rivers after never wearing them and ruin it cuz apparently rivers ruin jeans. And I should be really angry like Oh, bless you, Ali. 25 thumbs up. This was just quality content. I can't believe it. Woah. My first Kindle. Tiny. This can fit thousands of books on, okay? I love my Kindle. Absolutely love it to bits. Number four is It's funny cuz I don't use my Kindle that much
anymore. I found it the other day. I've gone back to liking paperback and I travel with a paperback. It's all I don't know why. I was a Kindle girl for years and now I just want to hold a book. I think I have to purchase my own and oh, I just put my back. The only thing I'd recommend that you buy is sun cream. That's only because some places abroad will charge the out of you. Ali, Ali, YouTube isn't what it was back then, okay? We can't just be dropping the F bombs, for sake. We love to overpack, I know, but you're not going to use everything that you're going to pack. Believe me, it's a waste. Well, my little apple pies, THAT IS IT.
OH, YEAH, I'M KIND OF DOING THAT Twitter thing. Oh, it's Oh. I hated Twitter. I hated it. That's why I said that. I love Twitter now. Ooh, it's my life source. All right, let's jump on into the next video. This one is what I pack Oh my god, starting strong. This is what I packed for Australia. I'm sure this is my pre-Australia one. Okay, so today I'm going to show you what's in my backpack. As we all know, I'm Hi guys. Okay, so today So, so, so. I'm going to show you what's in my backpack. As we all know, I'm going off to Australia early Sunday morning. So, I thought I'd
Okay, I can't explain that. I cannot explain my voice there. But, look at what I'm taking already. Look at that Lonely Planet book. I remember I got that in my third year of uni and couldn't stop reading it. Oh, so excited. Sleeping bag, hilarious, never used it. Check that I have everything. Hey Elmo. Yeah, looking good. Elmo. As you can see, oh, are we reminiscing? Come on now. What is going on? Hey. You have seen better days. Better. My main pack is kind of made up of lots and lots of little things and I will go through all these in a moment. And very little clothing. But it looks like I've got no clothes. a lot and I will say this.
Some of the little things that I have in here, I find essential. You might not find essential. So, we're just going to go through things, okay? Obviously, extremely essential is Psycho Bear. Say hi. Psycho Bear. Where is Psycho Bear? I think Psycho Bear is in one of my memory boxes. I love Elmo. Oh my god, this Santa suit for Elmo. Elmo, where is your Santa suit? I need to like find a place I need to start dressing Elmo up again.
Also, an Elmo Santa suit. As we know, extremely essential. Now, for the ladies, sarongs, carry them with you everywhere, okay? Carry them everywhere. They're great for towels, picnic blankets, pillows, everything. But for the men out there, little micro towel. They're really cheap. Pick one up and they are really great things. Now, for the ladies, sarongs, carry them with you everywhere, okay? Carry them everywhere. They're great for towels, picnic blankets, pillows, everything. But for the men out there, little micro towel.
They're really cheap. Pick one up For some reason, I thought the men didn't like picnics. They didn't want to have a pillow. They didn't want to use it as a towel or a blanket. Men don't do those things. Men, you go shower. You dry self. Done. Women, we like the towel. We have many uses for the towel, but men, you do not. You do not need the little towel. Just take the big towel. What's wrong with me? Next, we have ourselves a little first aid kit. Really essential. Got Calm down, some scissors, some bandages, because Oh, yeah, I needed all those bandages. I'm really
accident-prone, and You're not that accident-prone, Alli. How have you I was acci- I am accident-prone, but what I expect? Now, bring a sling? I think there was a little sling in there. Another all-time essential is my little padlock. Now, thieves, beware. I don't travel with a lock anymore. Well, my suitcase does have a built-in lock. All my suitcases do. I do forget to lock it, though. Scott shouts at me. I always get myself a little wash bag, little makeup bag. That's from Primark. I think it's about £1.50, £2, something like that.
Yes, Alli, with her bargains, always telling us the price. Getting those sales. And I just fill it with all the little bits and bobs that don't fall to the bottom of my bag. In here, oh, let's get it out. Gosh. Oh, good lord. Okay. So, what have we got? Let's have a look. We have spork. Very important. You know, sporks come in handy if you're traveling on a budget, even when you're not traveling on a budget. You know, street food and all that. You reusable forks and spoo- Well, I love my nail polish, okay? This is A lot of women might not take this with them, but I've got a couple of little nice nail polishes, because I like to do my toenails. And my hair grips, which I
will take off this thing before I go. Um, but my hair is very thick, coarse, and wavy, and I have to pin it back a lot. So, I just grab Girl, you don't have to do that anymore. It's okay, Alli. Let it go. Let the mane be free. Let the frizz come out. It's fine, Alli. You're going to soon learn, aren't you? Okay, I have also have a belt. Now, this too, very personal, because ladies, I don't know if you suffer from the same things, but I buy jeans, and they fit beautifully around my thighs and they are just huge around my waist. So, belts kind of essential for me. Keep those bad boys up.
Men can't find it essential, either. Men, you are not allowed to pack anything. I'm pretty sure men just carried around an Asda bag with things and that's all they needed. Still the same problem. Still have to always have a belt. Always. Very exciting. Woo! Yep. Full-size sewing kit. Buttons, poppers, everything you need. Did I use it once? Did I Little sewing kits, like I said, grab some safety pins and thread and some needles, maybe a couple of buttons as well. But, I just find this really, really handy because basically you save tears instead of buying something new.
Your bag tears, you don't have to buy a whole new backpack. Do you know the kind OF MATERIAL THAT A BACKPACK is made of? You sit there with your little £1 um Poundland sewing kit and thread it through this weak little needle and try and stitch up a bag. You know what would have been better in place of that? It cut off. It just cut off. I don't know where it ended. But, instead of taking the sewing kit, you know what you should have put in there, Ali, that would have made more sense? It's a big roll of gaffer tape. That's all you need, love. That's all you need. Fixes everything. That can cost a fortune. Just sew it up.
Not a problem. Yeah, just sew up your backpack that's like really thick material. Sure, sew it up. Here, I have my water bottle can thing. Bottle. of loveliness which can This little mini poncho rain coat which folds up I mean, I give up. Guess how many times I used it? Mean. Don't really need to go there, do we? Oh my god, Ali. 17 minutes. I'm 6 minutes in. How are you watching this? I don't know.
It's a really small thought that would come in handy because Melbourne is known for its downpours randomly. Yes, so we'll just pull out our ponchos, Alli. Our £1 thin little ponchos. Buy an umbrella. Get a raincoat. Anything but that. This is editing Alli jumping in here cuz she totally finished the video. Was just going to go away for a break while my camera cooled down. I just never came back. So, if you want me to do any more kind of reacting to old videos from like 7 years ago, then do let me know. And I really hope you enjoyed this video and just being super lazy.
Don't kill me. I'm sorry. Okay, loving, leaving. Subscribe. I will do better. Cuz 7 years on YouTube hasn't taught me a thing. All right, I'm going to finish editing this cuz I really want to get this up. If you enjoyed it, let me know. If you want more, let me know what kind of videos you want me to do. And I'll see you in the next one. Bye.
