We have met far fewer families than we expected along the way, and so Sam has had relatively few kids to play with (hanging with Dylan in Nairobi and with Myles and Caleb in Addis were the much-enjoyed exceptions).
Sam was not able to bring much of his stuff along. Each of us could fill one of the boxes pictured here (50.5cm x 55cm x 22cm) including clothes and whatever else we wanted to bring along. Any souvenirs he wanted also had to fit in the same box.