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Published: August 18th 2007
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Pintastical
So Just a small part of my world map on my wall and all the red pins are were i want to go in South America.....lol Time again for an update on my impending Trip/Tour of a substantial part of the world😊.......... so on Thursday i went to the health center to discover what injections i would need and what malaria tablets i would require.
So left early for my 5.30pm appointment and got the early and did not get to see the nurse till gone 6pm..............so going really well already and then it turns out i can have a hepatitis A booster ( Had my first Hepatitis injection before my trip to Thailand in January) this booster gives me protection for 10 years and then a Hepatitis B injection ( i need two more boosters before i go), the nurse then advised i would need to check online at the likes of
FitForTravel and check what other injections i would need, as any others other than the ones i had before Thailand and at the health center would need to be procured at a travel clinic (anyone planning a big trip like mine take note that being disease free ain't as easy as i though it would be), the nurse also advised that the travel clinic were best to advise on the best malaria tablets as the are various tablets and courses to take.
So next stop a travel clinic, so i was given a number for a local clinic and they are only open 3 days a week and with work fitting appointments certainly is not easy, so on a Wednesday they have a evening session, however as the are not an abundance of travel clinics (basically i searched the web and they were the only clinic in Manchester) around they are pretty booked up, so i have an appointment on the 12.09.07, I know the yellow fever injection is £45 (ouch the price will hurt more then the injection), then i will need to check if i need any more, if i need Japanese B encephalitis its 3 injections at £43 each and it only lasts twelve months (hopefully i do not need it as that would seriously dent my savings).
I emailed
PeruTreks to reserve my Inca Trek place and was told i was booking to early and they could not take my booking yet? and to book in November and i was thinking i leave in December and soon i wont have my PC and what if i wait till November and my dates are booked....arghhhhhh and the date of my Amazon Trek hinges on my Inca trek so that puts me in a spot.
Also i have sold my PC and it is off to my friends on the bankholiday weekend and so i planned to buy an Ipod and download my tunes to it, so this Thursday i bid on one on Ebay and won and paid straight off and i heard nothing from the seller and then he messages me that he is away and he may be able to post it Tuesday and it will take 3 - 4 working days, so i think im going to have to burn all my tunes to DVD's and then upload to my Mum and Dad's PC when i move there end of November and well hopefully that works.
So the seem to be extra costs with injections and spanners in the works with other stuff, but i wont let anything rain on my parade and i will get through it all and get on my trip. Just goes to show that no matter how much you think you know and research and plan........that stuff can and will go wrong, change or evolve but it makes life anything but boring.
Im still so excited about doing my trip and after alot of thought i am not taking a tent or a laptop and i will take a mobile for emergencies and well to keep my mum happy😊 Im thinking of using a global sim that is listed through the Lonely Planet site:-
Ekit i am also considering getting the Lan (South American Air Alliance) South America Air Pass as its about £200 for 3 flights and it would give me more time in each place and i will be using buses aswell although the is time i may change mind and bus it all. As for the states i have not made mind up about getting an Amtrak pass or a Greyhound Pass, i am thinking the Greyhound may have more routes and flexibility though..............but like most of this trip/tour its subject to change and thought and research and more thought and then possibly back to the original idea..................lol
Bye for now😉
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