I think a lot of the options are your standard stores. I just did a quick peek and saw her daily safari posts so I knew that khaki was included along with clothing taking the sun in consideration
I’ve assume any long sleeved shirt is good UV protection. Seems mostly true, though I suspect the special ones are cooler.
Cute stuff!
I’ll have to think what clothes I brought. One thing I do remember is bring a good sports bra. The game drives can get uncomfortable and I’m not well endowed.
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On a FB travel group discussion (Viking Rhine River Cruises), there was question about passports. Most of us said we left in the room, locked in safe… carrying paper copy or cellphone photo of it.
There can be stress about forgetting stuff in a hotel safe at departure. (On my last trip I put a yellow stickie reminder note on the room door.). One fellow says on the last night of the stay he locks one of his shoes in the safe. LOL - sounds a bit yukky, and clearly he travels with fewer shoes than I do.
My new idea: On the last night, put my remaining clean underwear in the safe with the passports.
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I’ve heard all sorts of tricks, like the shoe, a purse, a hairbrush, even a toothbrush - whatever makes you take notice. I’m the one who fully packs the night before so I just put my passport in my purse then.
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It better be warm where you are going with that parking list.
I agree that more tops than bottoms.
If it was a warm weather spot, I would pack a lightweight dress. Or two.
It sounds like a packing list my kids would use to visit me. Meaning that they would borrow my stuff so they don’t need to pack much of theirs.
I’m a reasonably efficient packer. I have a trip coming up which includes a wedding so more outfits than usual because of all the events associated with a wedding. Including a pair of shoes for the husband, which is killing me. His feet are too big! I’m used to packing one extra pair for him. And that being a bit of overkill.
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I actually think that is too many underwear pieces. They’re so easy to wash/dry in a sink. For my month in Europe, I was thinking 4 “bottoms” (drawstring/elastic waist capris) and 6 shirts (although I might do 4 shirts and pick up a couple on the trip) - I hate being “bored” with clothes, but really want to pack light. I’m definitely not checking luggage.
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Agree that it’s too much underwear. I could see this working if you’re headed somewhere where the weather will be both known and consistent (and where you can wash things), but ime, there aren’t many places like that! I’d focus on pieces that are no only interchangeable, but also can be layered.
On one recent spring vacation, the weather was unseasonably cold, and everyone we met usually remarked relatively early in the conversation that they were wearing everything in their suitcase. We all looked like a convention of clowns!
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I had a late spring trip like that once, unseasonably cold - my first stop was buying a hoodie!
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I think that must have been written by a male 
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Pretty much the way I pack. Then I add my phone charger/battery pack, minimal makeup, a non wrinkle dress (what I call wash n’ wad–packs to nothing and drys fast).
I bring 5 pair or more of underwear (and a spare bra). I’m willing to handwash them but prefer to do in batches. They pack small.
For me having the right sweaters and jackets, even in summer, adds to the luggage. And of course shoes.
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When we were there, I took mostly linen clothing. It breathes well in the heat and is comfortable. And it was humid so it wasn’t wrinkled. I had pants, capris, short sleeve shirts and long sleeve ones as well. All mix and match.
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I pack layers everywhere because I can get cold nearly anywhere and am miserable when cold. I tolerate being warm better than cold.
With bulky medical equipment, packing light is tougher than ever, sadly.
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I’m just back from Spain and I would say that the sneaker/tennis shoe was the footwear of choice for the majority of women. I now want to get a pair of Veja sneakers. Also saw lots of cute suede adidas on both men and women.
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I just went and looked at photos from our Kenyan safari in 2011. I had khaki lightweight pants I bought at REI. I now have some pants of similar material from Vuori. Looks like the kids mainly brought yoga pants and jeans. We females all had lightweight blouses which we wore over t shirts. My son and husband also had pants from REI, plus shorts. My son didn’t bring a jacket or sweatshirt and the owner of the safari company gave him one of his.
Our trip was expensive and we stayed mainly in small lodges. They would do our laundry each day except underwear.
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I agree, I was checking out everyone’s feet while I was in Spain. I had brought what a thought was a comfortable pair of slip-on Skechers, but it turned out that they were only comfortable for about five miles and we were averaging nine miles in a day. I ended up wearing my hiking boots almost everywhere and changing to nicer shoes for evening meals.
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