This my last post before I leave – I’m sitting at the Seattle airport waiting to get on a flight to Taipei, then to Manila, and finally to Cebu.
The hardest thing about packing was deciding which books to bring. I felt guilty choosing Rachel Carson (The Sea Around Us) over Sylvia Earle (Sea Change), but Rachel was a lot slimmer and more portable and I’m confident that Sylvia will wait for my return in a few months.
I tried to be as economical as possible with my packing, and I think I did a pretty good job paring things down. Still, dive gear is big and bulky (until you hit the water!), and so I have two hefty bags. My new pack, though, is performing beautifully already. It’s about 27 pounds and feels like I could wear it all day. The rest of my stuff:
Pretty good, right? Now – onward!
[...] this is new. Usually, I prepare for a research trip by packing my scuba diving gear, organizing bags and jars for samples, and making a detailed plan [...]
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