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Sheep-Goats posted:meds Also when poo poo does hit the fan, or hopefully just the toilet/hole in the ground repeatedly and you are stuck in some small town w/o any english speaking doctors, just take the drat immodium/loperamid or whatever pill you brought to completely shut down bowel movements and get to the nearest city with a real doctor. Trust me, a week of diarrhea before you give in is not worth it, and your travel insurance cover anything anyway, so just get the most expensive doctor you can find :p And for those that wonder why I was stupid enough to learn this the hard way, I was generally feeling very well all the time so I was sure it would end soon. No fever or pain at all, just had to stay near the toilet. Apparently that is a sign of parasites that the body doesn't realize are doing bad stuff to you so you want fight the infection or something. Go find a doctor asap, you can always backtrack if it was something you wanted to see or do.
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freebooter posted:VISA HASSLE FUN! We got the Vietnam visa from the embassy at home before going and then the visa was specified as enter after xx and leave before xx. Fair enough, but we was stupid enough to put the date we actually planned to enter and leave, and was left with a 14 day visa for the price of a one month one. YAY! I don't think there would have been any issue entering after the date set though, so better add some days to the start and/or end if you aren't sure exactly when you are going to enter/leave. As for the Thai visa. WTF? You need a ticket to Thailand to get visa in advance that you only want because you are entering over land? Anywho, going from Cambodia back to Thailand last year I found a cheap flight to avoid that visa hassle. Was $30 from Phnom Penn to Bangkok  (+$25 airport tax that you need to pay in cash after you have checked in...)
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I used one of these to keep my cash hidden. http://www.eaglecreek.com/media/products/main/40441/40441-BK.jpg A lot more comfy than those holster things, and I would think more secure too. Its not too hard to spot those underneath a t-shirt after all. Can't use that for passport though, I always keep that in my front pocket along with whatever cash I think Ill spend for the day. If you get into a shady (or crowdy) area just put your hand in the same pocket, and you are safe for pickpockets. Sure you can still get mugged, but held at gunpoint or whatever I would be happy to give up any cash they can find and my passport anyway. Any loss like this is probably covered by your insurance anyway, and you will be able to get a new passport/travel papers from your embassy/consulate wherever you are.
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