I've been awake half the night and woke up sooooo early. I need to start making lists of what I need.
List of Lists:
1. What I need to take
2. What I need to buy
3. What I think I need and need consultation on.....
Put everything you want to take on your bed in sort of categories: then halve it and halve it again except for underwear.
Deet and more deet. And the best mosquito net money can buy! Strong boots and equally strong sandals - don't walk barefoot; lots of clothes that you don't mind getting knacked and incessantly re-wearing; plastic bags of all sizes; string for making a clothesline; buy a penknife when you're out there; check up on mobile phones in Tanzania - can you use your own? Diarrhoea pills and dioralyte sachets for when you do get it! A Skype account for keeping in touch cheaply, but particularly if you have a smartphone and 3G/WiFi in Tanzania, then it's free. You never know! Waterproof case for camera; iPod for sounds; There's probably loads more, but can't think of anything else for now. If I think of anything else I'll come back.
But most of all have tons of positive energy for the valuable job you'll be doing. And relax, enjoy.
Angus, thank you for hints and tips. I need underwear?? Must make note of that. The loo is a hole in the ground with a shed over the top of it. The Team have already agreed that a prize will be awarded to the first person who uses it, and also the last - gag.
No problem about the hints and sorry about the public airing of your underwear, so to speak. It's up to you if you take any of course, but my advice would be no...................
The toilet sounds truly luxurious! And I would certainly want to be first and definitely not last. Sounds similar to some of the early festival toilets I experienced in the 80s. Delightful, but worth the privation.
Put everything you want to take on your bed in sort of categories: then halve it and halve it again except for underwear.
ReplyDeleteDeet and more deet. And the best mosquito net money can buy! Strong boots and equally strong sandals - don't walk barefoot; lots of clothes that you don't mind getting knacked and incessantly re-wearing; plastic bags of all sizes; string for making a clothesline; buy a penknife when you're out there; check up on mobile phones in Tanzania - can you use your own? Diarrhoea pills and dioralyte sachets for when you do get it! A Skype account for keeping in touch cheaply, but particularly if you have a smartphone and 3G/WiFi in Tanzania, then it's free. You never know! Waterproof case for camera; iPod for sounds; There's probably loads more, but can't think of anything else for now. If I think of anything else I'll come back.
But most of all have tons of positive energy for the valuable job you'll be doing. And relax, enjoy.
Angus x
Angus, thank you for hints and tips. I need underwear?? Must make note of that.
ReplyDeleteThe loo is a hole in the ground with a shed over the top of it. The Team have already agreed that a prize will be awarded to the first person who uses it, and also the last - gag.
No problem about the hints and sorry about the public airing of your underwear, so to speak. It's up to you if you take any of course, but my advice would be no...................
ReplyDeleteThe toilet sounds truly luxurious! And I would certainly want to be first and definitely not last. Sounds similar to some of the early festival toilets I experienced in the 80s. Delightful, but worth the privation.