15 days until we depart and things are looking, well, OK!
We’re insured now (at last!), we’ve got our backpacks, all our medical stuff, vaccinations, hostels booked, flights, tranportation, some trips, monies..wow!
First things learnt is to understand that there’s a significant expense outside of spending money, flights and accommodation. Sun cream is around about £10 a bottle, a mosquito net is £25, your backpacks and boots are at least £50 each, anywhere up to £300. Malaria tablets can run at £3 a pop (for the decent ones), yellow fever is £50 and your insurance can be about £50 a month. For those of us outside London there’s also the train/plane down there (£10-40) and maybe a nights stay (£40+) if you leave from Heathrow.
None of these is particularly expensive on it’s own but add them together and you can be approaching £500-600+ extra cash which all has to be spent before you even leave. We were quite glad to have paid for so much of our trip up front so all these “hidden expenses” haven’t been too troublesome.
Pictures of gear, garb and gadgets coming soon!
Ciao for now,
Rob