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- Always take out travel insurance; the cost of local medical treatment
is high.
- Leave a copy of your passport and details of hotel/itinerary with a
contact in the UK.
- Check Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice.
- Bring credit cards or traveller’s cheques/cash in US$ to cover any
emergencies.
- Be aware of some individuals who befriend tourists, as a way of
bringing long-term economic benefits to themselves and their families.
- Keep valuables, especially passports, locked up in hotel
safety-deposit boxes.
- Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.
- Bring medical supplies to help in the event of stomach upset; mosquito
repellent and seek a doctor’s advice about vaccinations to have prior to
travel, including polio and TB.
- Be wary of taking any excursions that are not endorsed by the tour
operator.
- Do not carry drugs; local anti-drugs forces are efficient and those caught with illegal drugs receive long prison sentences .