While my first aid kit pales in comparison to Dr. Dave’s and more than likely my travel insurance coverage is woefully lacking, I have in recent years made the procurement and possession of both items a mandatory ritual before each trip. There are a couple of reasons for this.
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You, Guns, And The End of the World
by Dean Farisian •
The dodgier the places you travel, the more you’ll see guns of all sorts. Well, not even dodgy: in these “post-nine-one-one†days it’s quite easy to see a fair level of firepower at public gatherings and international airports all over the place. In first world countries, it’s never advisable to lay your hands on a…
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Medical Emergency Abroad
by Steve Strommer •
Anything can happen. Rob wrote an article earlier about getting good medical advice before a trip. Adding to that topic, what happens when something more than a case of the trots comes up? I think it is wise to prepare for as many contingencies as possible, considering of course, the practicality of carrying the stuff…
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Deadly diseases, DP’s, refugees and Iraqi airports
by Steve Strommer •
Deadly diseases that are making the news. 1)Up to 70% of waterfowl in Vietnam’s southern Mekong delta have tested positive to the bird flu virus strain H5N1. Local veterinary agencies culled 4,620 birds, mainly ducks and chickens, after they detected small outbreaks of bird flu in Hanoi and the three southern localities of Can Tho,…
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Good and Bad Sports
by Steve Strommer •
The Good Shaka Sola, a shot putter from Samoa, misses his flight to the world athletics championships and has to compete in the javelin, coming last. A crowd favourite. The next Eddie the Eagle? Sola Power? The Bad Kim Jong-il gets 11 holes-in-one on his first attempt at golf. Here are the odds, in case…
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Rainforest regeneration in Sabah: pt 2
by Steve Strommer •
The group now split for the day. Kevin plus six volunteers headed off to clear a trail into the jungle. A campsite had been recced previously but the jungle grows back quicker than an old man’s ear hair, so it needed cutting back to get our provisions in.