Sunday, June 05, 2005
Who are we? We'll we're the Peace Corps crew headed to Benin in July 2005. We'll be gone two years and 3 months. This blog is us figuring out what in the heck we're doing in the meantime.
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Who are we? We'll we're the Peace Corps crew headed to Benin in July 2005. We'll be gone two years and 3 months. This blog is us figuring out what in the heck we're doing in the meantime.
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I've been told by a couple RPCVs that, for most posts, you can either bring a nice one or buy a cheap one in-country. Wish I had Benin-specific advice, but either way, cheap pillows aren't expensive in the States, and I can't imagine they will be over there, either.
Has anyone ever used one of those vacuum pack bags? Would that really be effective for reducing the size of something like a feather pillow?
I'd imagine the vacuum bags would be fairly effective. I for one am going to go ahead and take the space hit bringing a pillow. I think I read somewhere in something that the pillows/sheets in Benin are of inferior quality. I'd as soon bring something I know I'll like then be hating my sleep-life for 2 years =P
Bring One!
The things that pass for pillows in west africa, well... lets just say they take some getting used to. :)
IF you're taking a (big, hiking style) backpack, you're probably going to put it in a laundry type sack to keep the straps and such from getting munched.
If you do that, then just shove a pillow in the laundry sack.
If you're lazy and forget to do the laundry sack to prevent the straps from getting munged up, often the airlines will put it in a trashbag for you. This is to prevent their baggage belts from getting munged up =P
Good tip though Ben!
what size sheets do you think we should buy
I was actually just planning on getting largish (maybe queen) flat sheets. Lord knows what we'll actually be sleeping on, so a fitted sheet would probably be a difficult decision. Not sure though, I wonder what past volunteers have brought?
I'm actually sewing 2 (single sized) sheets together to make a sort of sleeping "sack" and taking along one larger sheet for good measure (space permitting, of course). I figure the sack'll work as a sleeping bag if I do any traveling double as a blanket chez moi.
Sheets are something that can probably be taken care of on-site, too.
Sounds like Theresa has been through hostels before. Very international indeed!
Thanks for all your input, I think I'll probably be packing my own pillow :)
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