Future Dominica-ers

Hello friends!

I've gotten a few questions about what I brought to Dominica and how I got it here so I figured if some people have that question (and I know I had that question before coming down) more people do as well. So I brought a lot of stuff... I had four suitcases (two me, two my mom) and shipped two barrels.

In my suitcases I had

• Clothes(athletic shorts/tops, sports bras, bras, underwear, comfortable tops, jean shorts) - I highly suggest bringing clothes you are not too attached to. Sometimes things get lost in laundry or ruined down here (it rains a lot).
• Professional clothes - for first semester we had to dress up three times, and then once for white coat ceremony
• Hygiene products (shampoo, conditioner, soap, tweezers, nail clippers ect.) - I packed enough in my suitcase to tide me over until my barrels came
• Running shoes, sandals, nice flats, sperry's (my favourite)
• BRING RAIN BOOTS AND A RAIN JACKET - you'll thank me later
• School supplies - textbooks I really liked
• Water bottles - I highly suggest some larger bottles to use as a back up when the water looks brown
• External hard drive, laptop, phone, iPad
• Doubles of electronic chargers
• I couldn't leave Canada without a French Press and Starbucks coffee
• Some granola bars
• Ziplock bags
• Towels
• 2nd pair of glasses
• Contacts
• Sweaters and longer pants - all of the buildings on campus are CHILLY
• Coffee travel mugs
• UV water filter, rechargeable flash light
• Portable charging stations
• Bug spray - please don't forget this
• Sunscreen

In my barrels

• Lots and lots and lots of snack foods (granola bars, chocolate, protein bars, crackers, peanut butter, nutella) - trust me this stuff is expensive here. If you have a go to snack food I suggest you pack a decent amount of it
• Larger bottles of shampoo and conditioner
• Case of water
• Tissues
• Extra bed sheets
• Toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors
• More school supplies
• Gum
• Notebooks
• Blank Paper
• More coffee and tea
• First aid kit

That's a rough list of what I brought down here to the island - add or get rid of things as you see fit. One thing add is that you will get a weekly printing allowance - I could print my weekly notes on that with no problem. If you're worried about bringing a printer I say don't fret.

If you're wondering about anything else to bring down just send me a message or comment and I'll be happy to help you out!

Jen

Here's some island pictures

On the pier

Post Mini Dinner

It was raining hard one day and I had patient interviewing - so I hid my dress under my rain jacket

My grandma surprised me for lunch one day

The beach