What To Bring?

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How do you pack for 2 years abroad? That's honestly what I've been asking myself over the past 2 months in preparation for serving in Botswana. Do you over pack and hope you'll need something later on or under pack and purchase items there? PC blogs are fairly helpful, but I was only able to find one comprehensive list and the Reddit blogs top suggestion was a vibrator if that puts it into perspective.

I decided to record every Item I will be taking and make a comprehensive list. In total this probably is too much and I'll look back on this post cringing at my materialistic self. Brand names noted only when necessary. Many items were purchased through friends and family when I graduated college (Amazon wish lists are amazing people).

Osprey Ather 60L backpack
60L Sammamish rowing duffle
REI day pack
Shoes
Brooke's running shoes
Chacos
Rockport dress shoes
Vasque ultradry boots
Clothes
2 shorts
2 swim trunks
2 work khakis
1 normal khakis
1 pair blue jeans
1 suit pants
1 black pants
3 t shirts
1 tech long sleeve
5 dress shirts
1 fun shirt
1 suit jacket
2 ties
1 face mask
1 belt
1 fleece pull over
1 fleece pants
1 Patagonia rain shell
6 pairs of socks
6 pairs of underwear
2 beanies
1 sleeping facemask
Spices
1 large taco seasoning
1 chipotle chili pepper
3 bbq rubs
1 chili lime seasoning
1 seasoning salt
1 creole spice container
Tools/gear
10in nonstick pan
8in chef knife
Coffee grinder
Sharpening stone
Travel french press thermos
16oz hydroflask
24oz hydroflask waterbottle
Leatherman multitool
4in knife
Work gloves
Kelly stardust 30F sleeping bag
Quick dry microfiber towel
4 small write in the rain journals
14in laptop sleeve
Compression sack
1 insulated bag
Camera gear
Manfrotto tripod
Nikon d750
50mm 1.8
18-35 1.8 sigma art lens
6stop ND filter
Cables
Tea filter
Sewing kit
Pens
Tech
Dell xps 13 9350 laptop
Creative bluetooth ear buds
Wired earbuds
Surge protected power strip
Battery powered alarm clock
Recording mic
Small mic
Power adaptors
Amazon rechargeable batteries
Bluetooth speaker
2 2TB hard drives
1 250gb SSD
Kindle paperwhite
Solar charged w/powerbank
Petzl headlamp
Cosmetic/meds 3+ month supply
1 large lush salt scrub
3 moisturizers
1 Sonicare
Brush heads lots
Deodorant lots
4 Melatonin bottles
Echanatia
Fun
Hammock
Peace corps flag
Playing cards







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