Vaccines and Visas

Today is ten days until we leave for Africa. Dave and I are very excited and are counting down the days. This year has already gone very quickly and since 2013 kicked over we have been focusing on getting ready for our trip. This included getting updated passport photos for visas, booking flights & accommodation and  and yet more vaccinations. Vaccinations have come in the form of many needles and some tablets. Needless to say that some have been fine while others have made me, in particular, quite unwell. Easily the worst was the Typhoid tablets, which saw my accomplishments for a whole day being to make it from the bed to the couch.

Fortunately most of our visas we can obtain on arrival into most of the countries we are visiting but a couple we needed to take care of before we left, which has also kept us busy. For Rwanda, you require an invitation letter to present to border control that gives you permission to buy a visa to enter the country. For Tanzania, you need a normal visitors visa, which, fortunately, we have a consulate here in Perth to be able to obtain one from.

We've had a practice pack, which went alright but resulted in us going back to the shops for yet more stuff to fit in. Dave has also been busy breaking (he tell's me he's fixing but I'm not so sure) the reticulation so that while we are away the lawn and plants can get regular watering.

Other than that, we have to convert some dollars into USD to take with us and pack properly and then we should be good to go. Next update from somewhere in the African continent!