We recommend packing as light as possible to make travel easier and to enable you to escape the luxuries of home and better immerse yourself in the experience.
Essentials
- PASSPORT and photocopies! Triple check to make sure you have it
- Cash
- $35 fee to exit Honduras, collected at the airport upon your departure.
- Extra spending money for souvenirs and snacks during the week. ATMs are available in the city, participants are encouraged to bring either use the ATMs or bring US dollars in small denominations no greater than $5 or $10. In the past participants have brought anywhere between $30 and $500.
Clothing
- Laundry is available during the week, so bringing 4 days worth of work clothes should be sufficient.
- Sneakers and/or work boots
- Bathing suit
- Flip flops for showers and walking
- Hat
- Work gloves
- Sunglasses
- Sweatshirt/light jacket for cool nights (winter only)
- Semi-dressy outfit (for meetings with officials, going out, etc)
- Shorts/lightweight pants
- T-shirts/tank tops - exposure to the sun is actually the biggest problem so consider light materials that cover you up
- Socks and underwear
Other Items
- Backpack or something to carry items daily
- Malaria pills
- Needed medication
- Towel
- Toiletries (Shampoos, soaps, lotions, razors, deodorants, toothbrush, toothpaste, contacts, glasses, etc)
- Water bottle/Nalgene
- Bug spray
- Sunblock and after burn aloe
- Camera and batteries
- Journal and something to write with
- Flashlight
- English/Spanish dictionary
- Snacks that you might want to bring
- Travel alarm clock
- First aid kit – (Pepto/Immodium, Tylenol, and other pain killers, Benadryl, Cortizone/anti itch cream, Neosporin, Dayquil, Nyquil)
- Visine
- Hand sanitizer
- Wet wipes
