Packlist

So it's a staple among those who volunteer with the Peace Corps(pcv) to post a pack list (plus I advertised that it was forth coming). Well, we arrived in Africa this morning and I already have regrets that I brought a bunch of unnecessary stuff. In this spirit I post a pack list of what Kim and I brought annotated with thanks, regrets, and what i'll falsly title 'insights'. (By the way, Guinea is great, the people are amazing, PC HQ is unbelievable. Kim is posting applicable content as I'm typing this...its a race; expect typos)
Books:
-Mobey Dick
-A Prayer for Owen Meany
-A Game of Thrones
-Lonely Planet's Guide to West Africa (Guinea PCV library honestly has an entire shelve dominated by these)
-War and Peace
-Book of French verb conjugation
-What is a What
-L'Estanger
-Le Petit Prince
-The Scarlet Letter
Don't worry guys we got a ton of audio books of librivox and the pcv library is pretty huge

Electronics
-Ipod classic (thanks again to kyle and joshe for thier help with the content)
-Itrip
-Portable radio
-discman
-tape recorder
-solio solar charger (i've yet to see this thing work although other volunteers vouch for it)
-Battery charger (along with a bunch of rechargables)


Clothes
-too many pairs of underwear to count
-a negligable amount of sox
-bathing suits
-I brought some shorts, kim brought some dance pants
-quick dry, ultralight towels, one each
-4 days worth of dressy outfits each
-2 ties which I wonder when I'll use
-cotten shirts
-wiking shirts
-dress shoes each(mine I regret bringing, or atleast wearing while traveling. I don't particularly forsee wearing them a great deal)
- 1 ratty hat each
-Chocos, one set for me, 2 for Kim (greatist things ever)

Accessories
-4 pairs of sunglasses between us
-Scissors
-3 multi tools (thanks to the Roys and to Kyle G)
-tweezers
-clippers
-an absurd amount of pens, pencils, markers, and crayons (thanks to the friends of the Gibbs family; these supplies are to be donated when we get to site...or so I assume)
-2 cheap watches
-3 nalgenes
-3 headlamps
-a whole bunch of granola bars
-hand sanitzer
-additional toiletries
-a bunch of deodorant (tom's of maine)
-a great big bundel of paperwork
-1 sleeping bag each
-a 2 person tent
-some toesies (to help channel that yoga magic)
-a bunch of elastic bands, tuperware, and ziplock bags
-duct tape
-map of the US
-Hammock (can't wait till I'm using this)
-something like 12 toothbrushes (as if they don't have them in Africa, what was i thinking)

Gifts
-skittles
-maple syrup
-a picturebook presenting different arial veiws across the US


to all those whom we already miss,
be well

Jon (and kim by proxy)