The “Get Outta Town” Items
Credit Cards, Drivers license
Passports & extra Visa Pictures
Peace Corps required documents
The “Toiletries”
Acne products (I've heard this can be an issue)
Alcohol, rubbing
Alka-Seltzer & aspirin
Ankle brace
Antibiotic ointment
Antiseptic swabs
Bandages
Bite stick
Broad-spectrum antibiotic
Brush & combs
Deodorant
Dramamine
Eyeglass repair kit
Hair products [is my OCD showing with this alphabetized list?]
Hair clips & clippers
Kleenex
Lipsticks
Mascara & remover
Mirrors
Mouthwash & floss
Nailfiles, clippers, polish & remover
Personal prescriptions
Powders, blush, concealer
Q-tips
Razors
Shampoo & conditioner
Soap & face soap
Sting spray
Sunscreen
Toothbrushes & paste
Tweezers
Wet-Ones
The Clothing-Type Items
Bandanas
Boots
Glasses
Hats, visor & scarves
Jewelry
Pajamas
Raincoat
Sandals
Some actual clothing, I suppose
Sunglasses
Swimsuit
Watch
The “Survival/Tool” Essentials
Blunt & needle nose pliers
BugHut™
Compass
Duct tape
Electrical converter & adaptors
Flashlight/lanterns & bulbs
Flint tool
Gum and mints
Hammock
Headlamp
Leatherman
Philips & regular screw drivers
Satellite phone & radio
Screwdriver/hammer tool
Solar charger items, et al
Vice grips
Whistle
Wrenches (including Allen)
The “Business Program & Host Family” Items
Calendars
Cards
Coloring books
Crayons
Cylume jewelry
Dice
Dry erase board & kit
French dictionary
Games
Inflatable globes
Journals & notebooks
Kites & string
Maps & country books
Paperclips
Paints & canvas & brushes , oh my
Pens, pencils & sharpener
Postcards
Rubber bands
Scrapbook & craft stuff
Ship in a Bottle Kit
Stamps
Stationery (overpriced, naturally)
World maps
The “Unbelievable”
Clarisonic
Flatiron
Frontline & wormers
Golfballs, Slazenger, naturally & 5 iron
Ukelele
The “Household” Items
Address book
Alarm clock
Alcohol, drinking
Batteries and chargers
Binoculars
Books
Boric Acid [to paraphrase Nelson DeMille: "A really first-rate hotel would apply this for you!"]
Bungee cords
Calculator
Cameras & lenses, video, including the new Polaroid Instamatic
Candles (flameless)
CDs
Clamps
Clothes line & pins
Combination locks
Dry boxes
DVDs
Ear plugs
Fans
Flask
Garden gloves
Hammock
Hooks
iPods & speakers
Lanyards
Laptop et cetera / flashdrives
Lighters
Linens
Matches
Mattress pads (down ??)
Mesh/dip bags
Pillows
Rope(s)
Scissors
Seeds & spade
Sewing Kit & sewing scissors
Shoe Goo
Shopping bags
Storage Cubes, collapsible
Tape measure
Towel & ShamWows
TP & cup
Trash bags
Tripod
Twine & cord
Twist ties
Whisk broom
Waistpacks/Safe-Wallet(s)
Washcloths
Water bottles, spritzer
Zip ties
Ziplock bags
The “Kitchen” Items
Aprons and/or chef coat
Basting brushes
Bear-honey bottle (shout-out to Alan Walters, here -- the bear is mine-all-mine!)
Can opener
Cookbook
Corkscrew - Bottle Opener
Dish Scrubber
Flatware
French Press
Funnels
Grater
Juicer
Julienne slicer
Kitchen shears
Knives
Ladle
Mandolin
Measuring spoons & cups
Mug
Napkins, including cocktail
Oven mitts
Pizza cutter/slicer
Placemats
Scoop/disher
Silpat
Spatulas
Strainers
Thermometer
Thermos for coffee
Timer
Tongs
Vegetable peeler
Whisk
Zester
I'm exhausted simply re-reading this list. Obviously, something's got to give; and much of this will, or should, remain at home. What won't be going to Burkina Faso? We can only speculate.
What Didn't Make the Trip
The “Toiletries”
Antiseptic swabs
Bandages
Boad-spectrum antibiotic
Mouthwash
Nail polish & remover
The Clothing-Type Items
Boots
Raincoat
The “Survival/Tool” Essentials
Flint tool
Vice grips
The “Business Program & Host Family” Items
Cards
Coloring books
Crayons (but colored markers made it!)
Dice
French dictionary
Games
Inflatable globes
Maps & country books
Postcards
Scrapbook & craft stuff
Ship in a Bottle Kit
The “Unbelievable”
Golfballs, Slazenger, naturally & 5 iron (but they'll be shipped to me, fear not)
Ukelele
The “Household” Items
Binoculars
CDs (it's either on the iPods, or it's not going)
DVDs
Ear plugs
TP & cup
Whisk broom
The “Kitchen” Items
Cookbook . . . and I'm going to miss you, A.B.
Flatware -- hands, hello!
Grater
Ladle
Mandolin
Placemats
Silpat
Thermometer
Timer
Indeed, there are some items here that I'd really like to have. Other items I do recognize as frivolous luxuries. But with that said, what will be shipped at a later date? We can only speculate.
