Preparation for the trip.

Only take the bare essentials. - Most countries have anything you want at cheaper prices. Important items include: your personal identification, passports, bank cards, medicine and good shoes. The rest you can get anywhere - or do without. If you overpack you'll be dumping once you get to your destination - and counting the wasted money you spent on expensive mosquito nets!

Toiletries: sewing and medical kit sleeping bag tweezers, scissors, razors small mirror towel toilet paper and toilet stuff! mosquito repellent and anti-malaria tablets sunscreen and lip protection bandanna plastic bags

Clothes: 1 pair of combats 4 pairs of socks 3 long sleeved T-Shirts (cover elbows in M. East) shorts 2 light dresses 2 light trousers warm fleece swim suit underwear hiking boots sandals money belt day pack duvet cover / sheet

Other: torch padlocks for bags diary & pen swiss army knife photocopies of all documentation international drivers license visa and bank cards address book good big book camera & film         > back to welcome

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