I sure hope I have everything I need - the Packing List

To put everything in:

1. 4100 cu. in. REI venus trekking pack
   
2. a expandable duffle bag
3. a day pack

• item 1 & 2 will be checked in, right now they are at total of 65 lbs compare to 80 lbs limit
• item 3 is carry on which weighs about 25 lbs
• boy, things sure add up, i hope i can carry all these stuff!
• a box of books and periodicals for about 20 lbs. I sent to myself, only $20 with M bag (media service) to send to Guinea, woohoo!

Clothing:

• waterproof windbreaker
• medium weight fleece
• 5-8 tank tops/t-shirts
• 3 sleeveless button-down shirts, 1 long sleeve button-down shirt (for teaching)
• 3 long skirts
• 3 long dresses
• 1 khakis, 1 jeans, 1 black pants, 1 convertible pants, 1 shorts
  
• 1 cotton slip, 1 cardigan, 1 set thermals (for going to Kili perhaps?)
  
• about 25 underwears, 7 bras, 5 pairs of socks
• 1 pair of each: sneakers/hikingboots/teva sandals/teva flip flop
• hats, bandanas
• swimsuit
  

"Electronics":

• Sony CD/MP3 walkman + 12 MP3 CDs + 3 French MP3 Cds + some blank CDs + hearphones
  
• Grundig shortwave radio
• a digital camera + rechargeable batteries + CF cards (this will be backup since I might not have elec.)
• a film camera + 32 rolls of films + batteries
• lots of batteries
• a headlamp + a torch
• passive speakers
• transformer + converters
• alarm clock
• card reader

Toiletries:

• 1 bottle of shampoo + conditioner in one
• 2 bar soap for face, 2 bar soap for body
• 2 bottles of facial lotion
• 2 tube of toothpaste + 2 toothbrushes
• 1 bottle of body lotion
• lots of hand sanitzer
• kleenex
• necessary femine products
  

Misc.:

• Leatherman Wave (now I am ready)
• can opener
• duct tape (I hope I brought enough for that leaky roof?) + scotch tape
• bike helmet
• contacts + solutions, 2 pairs of eyeglasses, 2 pairs of sunglasses
  
• 2 Nalgen bottles
• 3 journals
• calculator
• 1 pack towel, 2 hand towel
• money belt
• lots of pens, crayons, some construction paper, coloring book, puzzles
• envelops and stamps
• frisbee, taboo, deck of cards
• travel pillow
• lots of zip-lock bag (again, i hope i've got enough)
• film mailer
• couple of stuff animals
  

Print medias:

• lots of pictures!
  
• LP guide to West Africa
• Rough guide to Morocco
• 501 French Verbs
• Essential French grammer
• Africa: A Biography of the Continent
• House of Spirits
• world map, US map, West Africa map, NYC subway map, NYC bike map (don't ask me why)
• various maps from past issues of national geographics
• French dictionary, English dictionary, Chinese dictionary (hoping to write to mom in Chinese)

Gifts:

• 8-10 NYC t-shirts
• a baseball cap for host dad
• a good smelling lotion for host mom
  
• balloons