Expected temperatures when outdoors were from 35 to 18 C, 95 to 64 F. 

  The basic outfit consists of one pair of trousers and one shirt. These only trousers have four large pockets for the gear. 

  For the lower temperatures I carry wind gear.

   I  packed Ultra Compact and Light, about 1.5 liter, 0.6 kilograms, in the pockets.     

  For the lower temperatures I buy a woolen sweater.   

  I find out I have three pieces of wind gear too much - what a disaster for a Travel Ultra Compact person! 

  Sweater, volume 3 liters, 400 g, too big for Ultra Compact Travel. I make a insulating vest, one liter, 100 g, as a replacement.   

  Two such vests and another wind jacket, wind  trousers, gloves, socks and a hood and I may be OK down to 0 C, 32 F - with everything in the pockets when warmer.    

  The Holy Grail of Travel Ultra Compact?

See Report 4: Features of Compact Warming Clothes.

  I buy small multimedia speakers for my music MP3 player. I replace the sound boxes with something usually easily found free on the road.  

  This way I have a speaker  system which is very compact on the move. See Report 1: Ultra Compact Luggage.

  I take a look at What is it they have in their 20 kg, 44 lb, back packs that I don't have?  

  With a special trick the gear in the side pockets doesn't end up side by side. Instead on top of each other - making the pocket bulge less. See Report.

  For practically all time wear I had one shirt made from polyester material with two breast pockets. Weight: 160g, 5.7 oz.

  For cold weather, made of light wind stopping material, I had:

• Wind shirt. 80 g,2.9 oz, 200 ml, 6.9 fl oz.
• Wind jacket. 80 g, 2.9 oz, . 220 ml, 7.6 fl oz.
• Long wind underwear. 52 g, 1.9 oz, 170 ml, 5.9 fl oz.

• Long pull over wind trousers. 75 g, 2.7 oz, 190 ml, 6.6 oz  
• Short wind underwear or swimsuit 24 g, .9 oz, 60 ml, 2.1 fl oz.

  All these garments, except for the wind jacket, are tailor made in Asia. Total cost, of tailor made items, some US$ 25. 

I simulate luggage for check in 

I guess that if you turn up at the check in desk with no bag you look "suspicious" and might be subject to some special checks.

  Before going to the airport in Yangon I packed my few things in a small cloth bag. It looked very little so I added a couple of nearly empty one liter water bottles, newspapers and some bulky plastic bags.

First wash of clothes on the road 

In Mumbai it is time for the first wash of my only trousers and shirt. See the Report: How to wash on the road.

Change of travel plans

Just before going to Mumbai I change my travel plans. A friend is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I have not been.

  He has been there before so I take the opportunity to go there and get a bit of guidance from him.

  He tells me to bring a sweater for the cold nights so I buy one in Mumbai. 

  Checking on BBC Weather I find out that the average maximum temperature In Addis is 25 C , 77 F. The average minimum temperature is 10 C, 50 F.　

I discard a shirt 

Watching the temperatures in Mumbai before leaving Yangon I notice they are up to some 38 C, 100 F, - very hot. I therefore let my tailor make a mesh shirt.

  But Mumbai doesn't feel that hot so I don't use it and when packing for Addis Ababa I don't take it with me.　

Dressing for the first evening in Addis Ababa I put on my only tropical trousers, my tropical shirt, the wind shirt and the wind jacket. 
  I put the long wind underwear and "pull over" wind trousers in my trousers pockets, in case my legs will feel cold. 
  My body feels cold, nearly as naked, when the wind blows on it and presses these three thin

layers onto my body. When pressed together, with no air in between, they have very little thermal insulating effect. 

  The legs don't feel cold. I don't need the wind trousers I have with me. The temperature is 18 C, 64 F.

  Three garments too much, quite a lot! I didn't know that the body needs far more insulation than the legs.

  There is only one way to find out. You have to try in the actual conditions!

I make a replacement for the sweater

The sweater I bought in Mumbai is too bulky to fit discretely in my trouser pockets. The volume is around 3 liters, 103 fl oz, when rolled tight. Weight 400 g, 14.3 oz. 

  I make a replacement myself. For details see The Report 4.

 Volume one liter, 34.5 fl oz. Weight 100 g, 3.6 oz. A very large reduction and it goes into my pockets.  

  When comparing the warmness of the replacement  with the sweater they seem to be equal. 

Lower temperature limit 12 C, 54 F?

Assume I am walking I guess I am OK down to some 12 C, 54  F, in this body outfit consisting of: tropical shirt, wind shirt, sweater replacement and wind jacket.

Too much gear
 

So far, in Addis Ababa, I have not used: 

• The hand fan

• Short wind underwear

• Long wind underwear

• Long pull over wind trousers

I buy some items

  In Addis I bought toothpaste, a plastic shaver and a tooth brush - both handles uncut - more convenient, not wearing out my travel ones. 

  As I was with friends in Addis Ababa and stayed for some time I bought a pair of small Multimedia Speakers to use with my MP3 music player.    

I didn't buy

 Even when staying for a couple of weeks in Addis Ababa I didn't buy shampoo - I was quite happy using the hotel's soap. 

Drawbacks of only one set of clothes

You can not wash at any time. Sometimes I washed in the afternoon, taking an afternoon nap while the clothes were drying.   

  Sometimes I washed at night.

  I didn't long for more clothes to be able to vary my dress. 

Drawbacks of no check in luggage

On most airlines you can not carry even a small knife in your carry on luggage. 

  I bought one in Addis Ababa.

On the previous trip, carrying my few items in a vest only, I traveled with a friend. Once we walked uphill to a castle for an hour - a bit of extra sweat for him with his some 15 kilo, 33 lb, back pack. As we were next heading for the rail way station I had suggested he take his luggage so we save time. 

Route and expected conditions
I traveled from Yangon in Myanmar to Tirana in Albania, Europe, for two weeks travel on the Balkans. Expected temperatures when outdoors were from 30 down to 16 C, 86 down to to 61 F. 

Garments

Gear of the first test run.

For this trip discarded or modified items 

These items are underlined below. See photo left.

  Upper row: compass, toothpick, light; smaller, comb; used the nails instead on my short hair, keys, disinfectant, shaver, deodorant, aspirin; one, toothbrush; kid's size, mosquito oil, sun glasses and pen. 

  Weight a bit down from 90 g, 3 oz.

Middle row: fan, locking wire with lock (e.g. for cupboard in hotel), Mosquito catching net, umbrella, carry on cloth bag for flights. Weight some 190 g, 6.8 oz down some 30 g, 1 oz. 

Lower row: camera charger; instead I started with two fully charged batteries, camera adaptor, video cable, MP3 player/thumb drive. 

Weight down some 100 g, 3.3 oz. Volume off some 180 ml, 6 fl oz.

   Weights and volumes

 Total weight of items carried in warm weather when I was dressed only in the basic outfit of trousers and shirt was: 550 g, 20 oz.  Weight of my camera, optional, with one extra battery 150 g, 5.4 oz.

  The thickness of wind shirt, insulation and wind jacket when compressed in plastic vacuum bag 18 x 22 cm, 7 x 8.7 inches, is 4 cm, 1.6 inches. The volume is 1.6 liter, 55 fl oz. Weight: 240 g, 8.6 oz.

Items I plan not to carry next time

For airline check in I carried a carry on shoulder bag, in which I put my pocket stuff and some empty water bottles to make it look like had some luggage. 

  I think it would look suspicious if I turn up with no bag at all, with all in my pockets.

  Volume of the bag rolled tight is some 50 ml, 1.7 fl oz.

  Next time I will simply get hold of: See The Report: Ultra compact luggage, except clothes. 

  I carried a lockable cloth bag to put my passport etc. in when leaving these things for safe keeping at a hotel. 

Volume 20 ml, .7 fl oz.

   On this trip I never left  things for safe keeping. I will consider not to bring this bag next time. Instead I will use e g an envelope.

  Weight of all in picture on previous trip, including camera, was 590 g, 21 oz.

  On this second test run same was down to 420 g, 15 oz.

  Notable

• It turns out that my new improved wind stopping shirt and ditto jacket keeps me so much warmer than the previous ones that I don't need the insulating vest (global warming?). Very good news as the vest was my most cumbersome item.

• Should I need more insulation I will use a trick or two. See The Report: Features of Compact Warming Clothes.
• This time I take no cloth bag in order to look normal when checking in for a flight. Instead I use ....See The Report: How I manage without.

  The volume of camera gear and MP3 player has been reduced by about half - and now includes loudspeakers.
  The volume of some small things, like shaver and  toothbrush, has been reduced a bit.

I used the following six garments

• Very light tropical shirt.
• Reversible shirt.
• Very light wind shirt, more warming than previous one.
• Wind jacket, more warming than previous.
• Another pair of travel trousers.

   Preparing for the trip I try to make combined sun and reading glasses - no good result.

  I also tried to make a more compact and lighter umbrella - no luck.

  I took two wind breakers to be able to compare them in colder weather - can't be done in Asia, not cold enough, where I started.
  One had a silvery layer on one side. As this layer can reflect some body heat radiation back onto the body I wanted to know if it was better than a wind breaker without this layer. No difference!

  Total number of  garments:

• 4 shirts, one of which wind breaker.

• 2 pair of trousers, one pair very light windbreaker.

• 2 windbreakers.

  Footwear; 1 pair of sandals.

  I went to Icarus Cup in France, most famous for its masqueraded fliers using e g para gliders, where I expected to take many photos. So I would not have time to charge my camera at the internet cafe - if there even was one. Therefore I brought a camera battery charger and an extra battery. Some 90 g, 3 oz, extra.
  Also I brought some material for possible business in Dubai. Some 200 g, 7 oz.

Length of box is 2.4 inches, 5.9 cm.

Rain protection

When it is hot and humid wearing a wind breaker/rain jacket is not good - you get steam boiled. 

The easy solution was to bring an umbrella - but very bulky if you are traveling Ultra Compact, also weighs some 6 oz, 170 g.
I brought , of lightest wind breaker cloth, 1 oz per square yard, 33 g per square meter. 1 yard wide an as long as the bottom of my windbreaker. Along the long edge I put some ten mini safety pins.
Then on Madagascar I was on my way home with my travel friend when it started to rain heavily.

Mesh shirt

I brought a short sleeve mesh shirt for hot Tamatave. I used it ones - an got sun burnt, although I was protecting myself with a newspaper held over head. Sunburns are not good, may give you skin cancer. I very rarely use sun protection cream. 
Bringing a mesh shirt was not the right choice for me.