I had the travel clinic nurse call in our malaria pills (and travel diarrhea pills, which hopefully won’t be necessary) to CVS today. I picked up eight brown packages this evening, which, thankfully, were covered by insurance. I really had no idea what I was waking into, armed only with four measly discount cards from the travel clinic. I ended up only spending $28. Hooray!
We leave in 12 days for Africa, and the packing will begin in earnest tomorrow. We need to stay away from white and black, so as not to startle the big animals, and avoid dark blue and black in some areas so as not to attract tse tse flies. Camo patterns are a no-no in some areas because that’s what militants wear, and possessing Benadryl in Zambia can get you arrested.
This is quite a significant undertaking but I think it’ll all be worth it.
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