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Facts
- This journey is guided by a personal project; finding
the dream place to establish a small hostel. I
will travel in solo... but at time would share the journey with
a few other people.
The travel
will be done by car. This may present some disadvantages: one is
having avoid Colombia, but driving a car give the ease and the
freedom to explore remote area.
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Preparations
To prepare well this type of travel, you can find very
useful and practical information at the following address:
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My
luggage
- a GPS Magellan Meridian Platinium
- a mobile MMS Tri Band
- a Digital Camera (bought in United States) Olympus C720 , 2 SmartCard 128 MB
- diskettes
- System of research and personal localization
- binoculars
- a backpack Lafuma 45 l and a camelback
- the strictest minimum of clothes
- a pair of trekking shoes
- the guides and a Spanish dictionary
- travelers, cash, plastics
- a drugs bag
- a CD player, CDs from home
- photos of friends
- business cards
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Documents
- the customs carnet for the car. See www.abm.fr/pratique/vehicpers.html
- the passport with a period of validity more than 6 months, no
need of visa for a stay shorter than 3 months in most of
countries of Central and South America. To verify before the
departure!
- the international carnet of vaccination
- the international driving license
> see files abm
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Road
risks
Website provided
by the Routard, abm and from world-travelers are really helpful in
order to
evaluate potential risks and to anticipate them. Here are my personal tips:
- have copy of your identification documents, passport, scan it
in order to be able to retrieve it from the Internet later, just in
case...
sew pockets in your trouser to hide money
carry on a wedding ring
to have with you disposable materials such as perfusion
kit (and the
doctor's certificate to avoid any confusion), aspivenin
medical check-up before departure
have
a short training in automobile mechanics and 4 wheels driving
class
obviously
travel in a modest way
give power of attorney to somebody at home in case of emergency |
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Sabbatical
year
This
experience may be
valorized when you return by the proficiency in a new language, acquisition of
a new kind of autonomy, maturity, a broadmindedness. In my case,
I took a sabbatical year, renewable once.
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Housing
I keep my housing.
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Insurance
and vaccination > See files abm
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