Packing List

The trekking and hiking rainbow burst in my living room and for the past 2 hours I've been sitting amidst the lucky charms. Unfortunately, packing isn't an easy task and all of those lucky charms became more of an annoyance. I had no idea how I was going to fit everything into the three bags I had available to me. Weeding through everything was the most difficult part. I'd begin filling one bag, get nearly finished, and then decide that I wanted the mosquito net at the bottom of the bag to be placed in a different bag. I then had to empty out that bag, move the mosquito net, and begin repacking the bag. You can see where this is going. It was a horrible, vicious cycle. At one point, nearly in tears, I called Megan and left her a voice mail begging for packing instructions.

I am finally finished packing. Praise God, Allah, Buddha, Mother Earth, whomever... at least it's finished and with very few tears. I'm actually pretty amazed at how much crap I was able to cram into these two bags. It felt as if my entire living room had been filled with Tanzania gear, yet here I am sitting on the floor leaning against my three stuffed bags. The next big step is to get everything onto the airplanes (yes, I said airplanes). How I'm going to get two backpacks, a duffle bag, and three 30 gallon rubber maid totes onto a JetBlue flight to NYC, onto an Air Emirates flight to Dubai, and then onto a second Air Emirates flight to Dar Es Salaam is beyond me. I may be pretty buff, yeah right, but I'm totally going to need to rent a big wheelie cart. I'm apologizing now for the harm I'll be doing to the environment for all the extra weight I'm adding to the airplanes I'll be flying on. How about sending me carbon offsets for Christmas??


Packing List-

Backpack:
Sleeping bag
Camelback bladder
First aid kit
Trekking poles
1 mosquito net
Green dry sack
Hiking boots
Blue L.L. Bean jacket
North Face fanny pack
Keen sandals
Winter hat
Gloves
Purple ball cap
6 bags of bars
1 SIGG water bottle
3 bathing suits
3 pairs of hiking socks
Bandanna
3 bottles of vitamins
Batteries
2 Tanzania guides
1 journal
Electrical adaptor
Powdered Propel
Flashlight
1 can of permethrin spray

Daypack:
Rain pants
Black hiking pants
Black skirt
Base layer pants
Base layer shirt
Olive green hiking pants
2 shorts (black, khaki)
2 long sleeve tees (white & gold)
3 tank tops (blue, white, gold)
4 t-shirts (red, purple, blue, black)
bra
3 pairs of underwear
2 pairs of socks
3 toiletry bags
5 bottles of sun screen
1 can of bug spray
Feminine products
1 mosquito net

Duffle:
Blue t-shirt
Olive green hiking pants
Sleeping pants
Black dress
Bra
1 pair of underwear
1 pair of socks
Water purification kit
Camping towels
Prescriptions
Bag of toiletries
Tooth brush
Tissues
Eye mask and ear plugs
Hoodie
1 SIGG bottle
Camera
Camera accessories
Dubai guide
Journal
Family gifts
Sunglasses
Blanket
Pillow
Flip flops