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Popular Packing Lists | Other Packing Lists Tips | All Tips (19) There is a growing risk that people who travel to tropical and sub-tropical regions may contract malaria. At the same time, malaria prevention and treatment is becoming increasingly complicated by developing resistance. LARIAM is a widely used prescription medication that is highly effective at preventing and treating malaria. Since 1985 more than 25 million travelers worldwide have used LARIAM.
But when you react bad on this medicine, you should contact a doctor and consider to change it. Leave a Comment
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If you have space for your old shoes, you'll find someone with your shoe size!
Take some extra shampoo and leave it with the people, it's an expensive product for them. Their are such a stylish people that they love to look sharp.
Leave your old camera, someone will appreciate it. Remember you must have once thought it pretty cool yourself.
If you can afford it leave some sports equipment, a new football would mean a lot to a community.
What you can pack are all those music cassettes that you've grown out of, original tapes are like gold as most music consists of pirate copies. They are easy to carry around, make a great tip to your taxi driver, and keep the bumsters happy too. Paper is in critical shortage so children's books and comics make an excellent gift. We took some paints and brushes, our daughter Esme bartered two paint sets for a rather fine drum with Peter a rasta painter. Fine sable brushes are much prized but all those clothes your children have grown out of are guaranteed a new, happy owner. There is an amazing shortage of toys, we came across one little boy whose prize possession was a discarded teddy bear's head on a stick, it was very poignant. Leave a Comment
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light clothing
Always wear shoes or sandals, even when you go into the Altantic. This is very important as you can get very sick by not doing so (has to do with infections)
Use an anti malaria product (before leaving home).!!!!!!
digital camera is the best. Beware of the dust. Put your camera in a plastic bag.
Beaches are great. Beware of the tides. It comes in rather fast and can cut you of the land. Leave a Comment
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Good walking boots, when you go inland.
Malaria pills, and all advisable medicines. Not many medicine to get when inland. Sun protector, when in wet times a mosquitoe net! As for example in Georgetown they dont have nets they have at Tendaba
Digital camera! Very handy and if full you can burn it on cd (bring it with you) at Senegambia!
Bring pencils with you for the kids you meet! Leave a Comment
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While packing do take some extra clothings you don't use anymore. The locals will be greatfull to you. Leave a Comment
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let it be some with a key!
shoes to walk in, light long shirts and trousers. Make sure to take clothes along you can leave for friendly people, they will apprteciate it
anti-mosquito-lotion for the skin. Leave your lotion and shampoo there! Likewise the rest of your malaria tablets, paracetamol
green tea as a small gift is always welcome. Otherwise bags of rice or sugar. Torches are always needed. And candles, current is hardly steady! Leave a Comment
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Don't forget your swimming suit, light summer clothes, walking shoes, sandals.
Don't forget to take your malaria pills! With 'lariam' you start 14 days before you leave. Take one pill by week and always on the same day. Go further to take the malaria pills until 14 days after your come back. Also necessary : sunmilk because it can be very hot.
Take enough films with you for photographing this beautiful country and their friendly people ! Leave a Comment
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Basic first aid equipment including sticking plaster, antiseptic cream, cotton wool,headache tablets, tampons, deodorants etc need to be packed.
It is best to bring everything you think you might need with you and not rely on buying it there, even if it is available it will be more expensive than at home.Take little gifts for the children, items which in the developed world might be considered too petty to give are often much prized. Leave a Comment
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Light weight and old luggage as everything gets very dusty. Small lightweight rucksack for daily use.
It's best to take as many items as you can that you don't want to return with. My daughter takes and wears items getting too small and returns with an empty suitcase!! Towels not really essential as a sarong makes a light weight alternative.
A decent 1st Aid kit advisable, be happy to leave it behind as most Gambians are grateful for all received.
Take malaria preventatives and use them, there is100% increase in malaria cases in the U.K.
Take everything you will require, you can get stuff there but everything takes a long time to find.
Many people will ask you to take their photo as to have a photo taken in The Gambia is expensive.Try to get an address to send the photo's to or take them back next time.
When there in October we got off the plane to a temperature of 38C.
At this time of year you need nothing extra for the evening as still very hot. Do where cover up clothes and repellent .
Gifts for oraganisations are always gratefully received. If unsure where to give them go to The Gambia Tourist Support Restaurant in Kololi and let them deal with it. Look at ther web site Gambia Tourist Support, they are now a registered charity. Leave a Comment Phone: 00220462476Website: gts@crosswinds.net Other Contact: 00220958668
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