Hi Dave

Some obvious points to bore you :-) Not in order:

1. Safe drinking water & food . . . Local/street food may not be 100% OK . . . .
2. Extreme comfort/luxury items, from vest/underwear/gloves to socks and everything else . . . The best you can afford.
3. Perhaps salt tablets as supplement or increase the salt intake when it gets warmer.
4. Spring/Summer . . . Heat exhaustion . . . It doesn't even have to be HOT to affect us (from loss of appetite and reduced energy to dizziness etc).
5. Vitamin C (500-1000 mgrams to fight cold germs when affected) - also B complex as normal diet supplement.
6. Eye/ear drops also shaded/clear sunglasses.
7. Any water disinfectant which can also be used to wash veg & fruit - Potasium Permangenate or similar (plus safe instructions for use).
8. Shoe insert for extra comfort.
9. A souvenir from back home.
10. The complete poems from someone like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - easily found on internet.
11. Mark Twain’s 'Roughing It' - easily found on internet.
12. Books/articles/info about the ancient civilisations of Iraq! – easily found on internet.

I stop right here before Dave says enough!
:-)

Regards