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- Hand sanitizer
- Lightweight fabrics to keep your luggage small. Jeans are particularly bulky so consider lightweight pants and shirts that will dry quickly and can be washed in hotel sinks.
- Comfortable clothes for hot to cool weather:
- Sweater or sweatshirt, Light jacket or windbreaker
- Temperature at higher elevations can be chilly especially at night. Long pants and modest clothing are culturally appropriate and provide some protection against mosquitoes carrying malaria and dengue fever.
- How many changes of clothes? Maybe 4-6?
- Raincoat
- Bathing suit
- Towel
- A hat of sorts for sun protection
- Hiking/or good walking shoes - consider taking sandals as a backup pair of shoes
- Pocket knife (these are wonderfully useful things in Honduras) -pack in the team checked luggage!
- Insect repellant—the ones containing DEET are the most effective, but are also very toxic.
- Sunscreen, sunscreen lip balm
- A small amount of laundry detergent (for quick laundering of individual articles of clothing, you will be able to buy soap in Honduras, and cannot bring liquids on carry on.)
- Camera + lots of batteries/memory
- Journal
- Watch—everyone is required to carry a watch and use it to respect everyone's time. We will be traveling in groups and thus it is essential that everyone keep to the established schedule.
- Alarm clock
- A book or two (planes, beaches, van rides...)
- Spanish-English dictionary
- Pen and pad of paper/small notebook
- Day pack—used for the field, the beach, the city
- $200$250. ATM are not available most places we will be staying, this should cover your food expenses, easily.
- Passport
- Passport pouch
- Some extra space in your pack for gifts/coffee/etc. that you may bring back
- any prescription medication
- anti-diarrheal tablets
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