What every good traveler packs for three weeks in Uganda.

What every good traveler packs for three weeks in Uganda.

I would have liked to pack a few of these items in one of the four other bags we’re checking through, but we ended up packing each of our “extra” suitcases to bursting; clothes, shoes, flip-flops, toys, books, CDs, health items, egg noodle supplies, religious items, wall maps, toothbrushes and toothpaste, gifts, artwork, soaps and personal hygiene products, and more.

48 and 42 pounds in the larger bags, and 38 and 39 pounds in the smaller ones, and there’s not room for an extra sock in any of them.

We also thought we were being really, really organized but, in the end, the bags we’re checking are a hot mess. We had hoped to have stuff in each bag for each location we were stopping, but it seems we’re going to have to open and sort through each bag at every stop on our way.

Oy Vey.

36 hours and counting until lift-off.