• worldmap.jpgDO:
    • Spray clothes with Permethrin (bug spray that lasts 2-6 weeks)
    • Wear Drab, non-logo’d clothes
    • Not check luggage– carry-ons only
    • Pack light
    • Visit Travel health clinic
      • Chloroquine (for Malaria)
      • Hep. shots
      • Typhoid shots/pills
      • Rifaximin (for travelers diarrhea)
    • Drink only bottled water or canned soda
    • Eat only hot chicken and rice or American fast food
    • Wear a cheap digital watch
    • Walk fast
    • Purchase maps on arrival
    • Upon arrival, buy a cane, or walking stick (makes a great bat)
    • Avoid fresh water (no swimming in lakes, streams, rivers, etc.)
    • Not walk barefoot
    • Not give money to beggars
  • BRING:
    • Decoy wallet (fake credit cards, a few dollars)
    • Money belt
    • Copies of passport and driver’s license at home and with me
    • Digital camera, extra batteries, extra memory cards, waterproof bag
    • Flashlight
    • Guidebook
    • Pocket journal
    • Emergency phone #’s in country
    • Phrase book
    • Passport
    • Visa (if needed)
    • Pepto-Bismol
    • Hand sanitizer (under 3 ounces so that you can carry it on the plane)