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THE WORLD BY THUMB
100% hitchhiking - 100% world tour - Since 2013 - By Florence Renault
PREPARATIONS
I had the dream to travel around the world for fifteen years. The day I set a starting date for my trip, it became a project. I left myself three months to warn my family, my friends and make the material preparations that seemed necessary to me :
- Getting an international vaccination card with the following vaccines: Rabies, Yellow fever, Typhoid, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Poliomyelitis
Hepatitis A and B, (Japanese encephalitis made during travel)
- Renewed passport
- International driving license
- Health Insurance Subscription
For the first three months with my Gold MasterCard
After : Insurance with Chapka
- Renewal of my Gold MasterCard valid for the next three years
Getting travelers checks in dollars (useless today)
- Purchase of material :
Large 45 liter backpack
Small 20 liter backpack (replaced by a 30 liter)
Handbag (replaced by a multi-purpose coton tot bag)
Video camera, tripod and gopro (renewed along the way)
Small budget laptop (replaced after a year by my old Mac Book Pro 15 which is too big to travel but ideal for video editing)
Clothes for 10 days (reduced to 7 days)
Toiletry bag
Pharmacy kit
Brazil / Argentina travel guides (After that, I had no guides for the other countries, I found informations online, in tourist offices, among tourists and locals)
Ukulele (abandoned after 6 months because too bulky)
Items for the sailing: waterproof pants and jacket, gummy boots, 20 T-shirts, books (all abandoned at the end of the Atlantic crossing)
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