10 Travel Essentials For India

India is a diverse country with mountains, deserts, jungles, the beach, and busy cities. Packing for India can feel like a daunting task, but as long as you have these 10 travel essential for India in your luggage or backpack, you’ll be just fine.

After traveling India and living there for six years, I have been on trips to such a wide variety of places and traveled both in sleeper class trains on a budget and on a more mid-range budget. I put a lot of thought into this list after so many people who had already read my complete packing list for India had emailed me asking what else they could bring because they felt unprepared.

This list is more about gadgets than it is clothing. If you’re interested in what clothing to wear, here is a list for what men should pack as well as a list for what women should pack (and another post with the dos and donts of how women should dress.

1. Mummy Sleeping Bag Liner

I use my sleeping bag liner constantly in India. Sleeper buses and sleeper…