Getting Ready to go...

Packing for this trip has been very interesting. The top picture is my backpack. This will be everything I'm taking for myself for this trip. The dynamics that make this packing interesting are:
I will be in 6 different countries
with 3 different climates
2 different seasons
And 4 of the 6 countries have specific cultural/religious dress
And the goal is to fit all of that into one backpack that I will carry with me on the plane. Once we leave Africa, we'll only have our backpacks through Dubai, Turkey, Italy and and England.

The second picture of the big suitcase is the bag I'll be taking to Zambia to leave with the orphanage we're visiting. People have been extremely generous to donate clothing and to buy clothing for this trip. As you can see, I am spilling over with people's generosity, so am trying to figure out how to downsize...