Shoes with leather soles should not be worn in the field.
Most students bring too many dressy clothes.
In the West, dress is casual, even in better restaurants. You will have the opportunity to do laundry every seven days. Small first-aid kit, Vaseline, chapstick, sunscreen, insect repellent, foot powder or baby powder. Personal toiletries and medicines for headache, constipation, allergy, heartburn, athlete's foot, etc., as may be needed. Towels and wash cloths.