Gear Review #1 - Overland Medical Kit & LifeSaver Systems Jerry Can Water Filtration

Coming Soon…After conferring with an ER Doctor, former Combat Medic, Firefighter/EMT, & current ER Physician’s Assistant/Vietnam Medic, we have assembled a over the top of the line Medical Kit.  It’s fairly big so we may have to do…

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Health round-up

One concern on the road is always keeping healthy and avoiding any major illnesses.  We have been extremely fortunate on our travels, with few major incidents, and I thought it was worth sharing our experiences. On the whole, we were a lot healthier than we ever were in the UK – the...
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Those darn anti-malarials

It is such a tough decision: First, whether to take anti-malarials while travelling, or not.  Second, which ones to take.  For a short trip to Africa – or any malaria area – the answer is straight forward: definitely take them.  For a longer trip, especially for a year...
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Oh what to do with him

There are few things more difficult to deal with than a bear with a sore head – except perhaps a Viking with a cold! Not only was his Viking stubbornness shining strongly, but he also somehow acquired a dose of superman-ness, and keeping him down was nigh on impossible. It seems that there...
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