1. Hotels from Netherlands, Kenya and Tanzania are finally all booked (and omg Nariobi, Kenya = 29% tax on hotel room? -_-; Also, expensive hotels are expensive) 2. Vaccinations (Yellow Fever, Typhoid) are good, no side effects to boot! 3. All that’s left is to pack …. and buy travel insurance. Except I’m going out [...]
Wow so I was lying in bed and thinking “there’s (exactly) 4 months until I’m supposed to climb Kilimanjaro”. This line of though usually results in 1. Excitement 2. Panic (usually in that order) Recently, things were finally settled with our climbing operators. Guides and porters along with transportation and such will be handled by [...]
Just realized today that I haven’t started looking at necessary vaccinations for travel to Africa. I have found that many sites and/or people recommend getting vaccinated for Yellow Fever, Hepatitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Rabies, Typhoid and Malaria. I did get all the common childhood vaccines like Hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and polio; actually [...]