September 14: Columbus, Ohio

So the weight limit for flights into and out of Bhutan is 44 pounds. While that’s not a lot less than the weight limit on domestic flights, I wanted to keep my luggage as light as possible. (Who knows what I might buy and want to bring home!) I have my technology, which is going to add a fair bit of weight, so I’m cutting back everywhere else I can. I’ll be wearing (ugly) clothes in Cambodia that I bought in a thrift store and that I plan to leave behind, and I’m planning to wear everything at least twice. Maybe not underwear, but everything else.

I also decided that I could do without hair gel if I buzzed my head. Last time I did that, though, Mark protested vehemently. I compromised and got a mohawk.

Mark is a little happier with this. By the time I get home, though, it’ll mostly be grown out.

Two days to go. Today and tomorrow, I’m doing my final checks on my technology—charging batteries, making sure that my blog plan is going to work out, and so on—and packing.