The following is an almost complete list of the stuff that I am taking along:
 

1.   My mexican and heat cookbooks 
2.   a guitar chord book, and my lyric books 
3.   cribbage board and cards 
4.   books (lots!) 
5.   a power strip 
6.   our football board game from camping, dice 
7.   12 rolls of film (35mm) 
8.   the video camera if I can fit it into my carry-on otherwise I will leave it with you 
9.   matches 
10.  sewing kit 
11.  tape measure 
12.  trashbags and ziploc storage bags (handy to have) 
13.  walkman CD player with my good speakers(all the stereo we'll need to have) 
14.  AC adapter 
15.  Moon Travel Costa Rica Handbook 
16.  listings from Karen, our new real estate agent in San Jose; she's taking me to look at 2br apts on the 25th.  She said she is               concentrating her search for us on Escazu and Rohrmoser 
17.  Bible 
18.  Binoculars 
19.  Both my 35mm cameras (compact and SLR) 
20.  2 small tape recorders (cassette and mini) 
21.  2 church keys and a corkscrew 
22.  flashlight 
23.  pocket knives(3) 
24.  US made copulation raingear 
25.  1 large towel 
26.  3 levis, 3 dockers, 6 shorts 
27.  shitload of T-shirts, a few long-sleeved and short-sleeved dress shirts 
28.  Docs, tennis shoes and sandals 
29.  guitar picks 
30.  2 sweaters 
31.  fleece pullover jacket 
32.  a Spanish course on cassette, with 2 dictionaries 
33.  notepads, pencils, pens 
34.  extra toiletries:  razor blades, shaving cream, shampoo, etc. 
35.  48 AA batteries 



Here is the list of tuneage that I am taking along: 


1.   Garth Brooks / The Hits 
2.   Jon Bon Jovi / Blaze of Glory / Young Guns II 
3.   Jon Bon Jovi / Destination Anywhere 
4.   Bon Jovi / Keep the Faith 
5.   Bon Jovi / These Days 
6.   David Allen Coe / Recommended for Airplay 
7.   Al Dimeola / Elegant Gypsy 
8.   Al Dimeola / Kiss my Axe 
9.   Eagles / Double Live 
10.  Eagles / Greatest Hits 
11.  Steve Earle / Ain't Ever Satisfied 
12.  Pink Floyd / Pulse 
13.  Sammy Hagar / The Anthology 
14.  Sammy Hagar / The Best Of 
15.  Sammy Haagar . Three Lock Box 
16.  Sammy Hagar / Unboxed 
17.  Sammy Hagar / Mas Tequila 
18.  Sammy Hagar / 10-13 
19.  Jimi Hendrix / The Ultimate Experience 
20.  Kiss / Unplugged 
21.  Ricky Martin 
22.  Edwin McCain / Misguided Roses 
23.  Ian Moore 
24.  Queensryche / Operation Mindcrime 
25.  Richie Sambora / Stranger in This Town 
26.  Santana / Supernatural 
27.  Shaw-Blades / Hallucination 
28.  Billy Squier / The Best OF 
29.  Strunz & Farah / Live 
30.  Strunz & Farah / Heat of the Sun 
31.  Toto / Past to Present 
32.  Van Halen / Fair Warning 
33.  Van Halen / 1984 
34.  Van Halen / OU812 
35.  Van Halen / Best of Volume I 
36.  Van Halen / For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 
37.  Van Halen / Right Here, Right Now 
38.  DiMeola, DeLucia, McLaughlin / Verve 
39.  Virtuoso Guitar 
40.  Vivaldi / The Four Seasons 
41.  Dwight Yoakam / This Time 

That's the list so far -- my case only holds 48 so I will add a few more.