Packing List

Kitchen:

• Jolly Ranchers
• Emergen"C"
• Spices: dill weed, cumin, curry powder, garlic powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, garam masala, celery salt, oregano (we'll see if that was a mistake once I have to go through customs), ginger, basil, salt, and pepper- all rolled up in ziplocs and packed in tupperware.
• "Natural Foods Cookbook" with 6 recipes using millet
• Tea bags
• Nalgene bottle
• Whole bean coffee from Thomas Hammer (my former employer)
• Travel french press mug
• Tea tumbler
• Reese's (for a PCV already in Niger)
• Hand crank coffee grinder

Clothing:

• Flip flops
• Tennis shoes
• 4 ankle length skirts (cotton & linen)
• Lucky jeans
• SmartWool socks
• Underwear/Bras
• One dress
• Pajama pants
• 3 T-Shirts
• 3 Long sleeve shirts
• 1 Button up shirt
• Bandanas
• Sunglasses/case

Toiletries:

• Dr. Bronner's All-in-One Soap
• Razors
• Toothbrush/toothpaste/floss
• Deodorant
• Kleenex
• Theraflu/Benedryl
• Skin-So-Soft (DEET free bug spray)
• Chapstick/Carmex
• Bar soap
• Manicure kit
• Burt's Bee's sample size stuff
• Femine products
• Small mirror
• Towel

For Fun:

• Hackey sack
• Sudoku books
• Cribbage/playing cards
• Journal/Lined notebooks/Sketch book
• Star chart
• Dream Dictionary (rumor has it that malaria meds give you vivid dreams)

For Gifts:

• Stickers
• Hotwheels
• Polaroid camera/Film (just enough for 36 pictures, if the heat doesn't ruin it)

Techy stuff:

• Ruggedized GoBook laptop thanks to Itronix/power cord/plug adapter
• Blank CD's
• iPod/ Solio Solar iPod charger
• Digital camera
• Grundig short wave radio

Other stuff:

• Emergency poncho
• Gerber multitool
• Swiss Army Knife
• Earplugs
• Duct tape
• Sheet
• Flashlights: one requiring batteries, one of those that you shake
• Ball point pens/pencils/colored pencils/Sharpies/sharpener
• Ziploc bags
• Combination lock
• Stationary/Envelopes
• Pocket French Dictionary
• AA and AAA batteries
• Calling cards
• American stamps (letters can be sent with people traveling back to the states)

I'll comment on the extent to which each item was used as soon as I have the opportunity!