Money, travel & health insurance, Carne de passage and everything else to do before and during travelling and overlanding the globe.
With a bit of planning, traveling fairly cheaply is possible anywhere in the world. One of the biggest myths in travel is that taking that adventure of a lifetime will be expensive. We offer some tips and advice on how to go about affording overlanding, travelling, backpacking or whatever you want to call it.
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This is a comprehensive overview pro-guide article we compiled for must-know information on travel health medical insurance. Whether short, long, or ex-pats. Travel Medical Health Insurance is one of the last things we thought about that much and normally just pay it and get it over with. We should have […]
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Comparison – Personal GPS trackers and locator for motorcycle and other adventure sports. This article covers the pro’s and con’s from the best GPS personal locator beacons available for use with adventure activities, like hiking, kayaking, motorcycle adventure and enduro riding. There are quite a few great quality units and […]
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Questions & answers with GEOS, SPOT, and Garmin. Comparing the devices, the options and pitfalls, choosing one ain’t as obvious as it seems. Hope it is of value.
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Dollars, travellers cheques or bags of sugar to trade? Credit cards or Debit cards? We have found that Master card does not work in many places. Visa is accepted at more places in Africa. When using internet rather use master card as the limits can be set and you will not […]
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There is nothing that can ruin a trip and holiday like exorbitantly high cellphone bills. The best and first advice always is to take your sim card out of your mobile phone or just keep it switched off.
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Well, do you go to the Carnet route or not? The passport for your vehicle. For most of the countries in Africa, South Africans do not need to obtain a Carnet de Passage or the expense. The Carnet de passage does speed up time at border posts though. The biggest […]
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Everything to stop the bleeding! There’s lots of information regarding health insurance for motorcycle riders and cross border trips on this page at Horizons Unlimited. It is advisable to read up as much as possible before deciding whether it is needed or with which company to go with.
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