Quality rain jacket
Good work gloves
Game boy (for travel days)
Umbrella
Markers/Colored pencils
Loose paper or a notebook with paper to be ripped out
a big external hard drive
the OS disk for your computer’s operating system
Small sewing kit & scissors (scissors in tiny pocket knife multi-tool would do)
Hat
Chacos (are better than Keens or Tevas)
Multiple pairs of shoes (of different styles – chacos, tennis shoes, etc)
Nail clippers & tweezers
Water bottle (you can get others, but you’ll lose them, really. My Nalgene has been phenom)
Stylish clothes (see Ben Stahl’s upcoming blog)
Chair (the foldable ones from REI)
Hammock
Sunglasses
Laundry line & clothes pins
cards for notes
Febreeze
An extra pair of earbuds
Sheet instead of liner
Male/male cord for headphone jack
$200ish USD/month (snacks, clothes, other necessities, and fun activities in each country & at debriefs like the Great Wall or shark diving, etc)
Don’t just bring work clothes – bring nice clothes, too…
no *not* bring those huge noise cancelling headphones
