Packing to leave your home for nine months can be a bit daunting. I’ve been gathering items from clothes to deodorant in order to get ready for Sri Lanka.

I just purchased a pair of linen trousers, to help deal with the heat. I ordered them from BananaRepublic.com, and just got them in the mail. Turns out they were made in Sri Lanka.

Globalization provides for some wacky things. An American packing to travel to Sri Lanka orders clothes from an American company made in Sri Lanka.

Maybe I should return them and buy them there?

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