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So I'm heading out to Africa in May on assignment.  This time it will be Uganda, Tanzania, and with any luck, DRC again.  The trip looks to be about three weeks.  Three countries in three weeks, not a set up camp sort of situation.  I don't have all of my variables locked down yet ( in country travel for stories, housing arraignments, electricity situations ) but this is the default packing list that I keep coming back to time and again for field work.


Am I missing anything?


Panasonic HVX200



  • -4 to 5, 16gig P2 cards

  • -6 batteries & charger(s?)

  • -60gig P2 Store

  • - Sennheiser K6p shotgun mic kit

  • -deadcat for shotgun

  • -cold shoe shock mount for shotgun

  • - Sennheiser K6 compatable wired lav

  • -8” XLR cable for shotgun

  • -2 Sony wireless lav kits (800 serries)

  • -Kata Rainfly

  • -Sony 7506 headphone monitors

  • -20 AA batteries

  • -Circular Polarizer

  • -White card

  • -small folding bounce card

  • -Hoodman LCD sun hood

  • -6pin-4pin Firewire cable

  • -Domke f-1x bag


Bogen carbon DV series tripod & head


Canon 5D



  • -2 to 3 batteries

  • -4, 2gig CF cards

  • -Canon 50mm f1.4

  • -Sigma 24mm f1.8

  • -CF reader

  • -Northface Sport Hiker


Apple 15” MacBook Pro



  • -Extra Battery

  • -Power Supply

  • -400&300gig LaCie Little Big Drives

  • -FW800 cable

  • -34 express ESATA card

  • -ESATA cable

  • -1 LaCie LBD power supply

  • Crumpler School Hymn case

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BGAN/INMARSAT Terminal



  • -Power Supply

  • -Extra Battery

  • -50’ Cat6 cable

  • -phone terminal for BGAN

  • -Earpiece for phone


BB 8120 Pearl (unlocked)


Inverter


First Aid Kit:



  • -Malarone

  • -Doxycycline 25x100mg

  • -Z Pack 1 cource

  • -Cypro 20 pills*

  • -Alive

  • -Tylenol (quick release)

  • -Theraflu Strips

  • -Benadryl

  • -Polysporen

  • -Butterfly stips

  • -Finger Band-Aids

  • -2 trauma pads

  • -1 gauss roll

  • -Sports Tape

  • -EmergenC


Cloths:



  • -Patagonia Gi Pants (light weight “travel pants” that zip off)

  • -Carhartt Duckpants (heavy weight canvas, take anything, jump out of a moving car pants)

  • -1 long sleeve 2 short sleeve light weight collard shirts

  • -1 white oxford shirt (worn on plain)

  • -1 pair jeans (worn on plane)

  • -2 T shirts (grey & black)

  • -4 pairs quick dry sox

  • -2 Patagonia Silkweight Boxers

  • -2 pairs regular cotton underwear

  • -Vasque Mantra GTX XCR (If you havn’t gotten a pair of Gortex Shoes, you must)


Sanity Maintenance:



  • -iPod Nano

  • -two paperback books

  • -Moleskine Journal


*per my Uncle the Doctor's Request.
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Bangladesh Travelog


A vignette of my travels through the  southern deltas of Bangladesh while on assignment there.


I saw most of it on the very back of a motorcycle; the very back: it was my driver, my translator, and finally myself on a rather small 120cc bike.  My butt spent most of the time on the rear handle bar as we drove on about 2 miles of tarmac, 3 miles of brick cobble and another 7 miles of uneven dirt roads. I wouldn't trade it for anything. The sound track was created in Bloom for the iPhone.
You can also check out the HD version here.


Orange Blossom Trail Revisited

A few other images from my last trip down to OBT.  I went through my photos this week and thought about my time down there.  I realized that I felt confident in my place there (scared, but confident) until my friends and family started expressing their concern for my safety and well-being.  That's when I started to take my foot off of the throttle.  The same thing happened to me in Kosovo.




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That's not their fault. It's our friends job to be checks. I think that if it was really that important to me, I would have not balked at the suggestion that wandering around in a dangerous neighborhood with two DSLRs hanging around my neck, was a bad idea. I wonder if I was looking for a way out. I also wonder what is happening with this guy.
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