Count Down: 6 months

Hi and Welcome

I have started this blog to share my travels and experiences while I am on my clinical placement in rural Kenya. I am starting to become very excited as I will be leaving in 2 weeks. To prepare for my travels I had to begin almost six months prior! I plan to share these tips with you now before I leave so they are fresh in my mind. I have made a list for things to consider at least 6 months in advance when traveling to a developing country.

At 6 months

Buy your plane ticket: It might sounds straight forward, but the longer you wait, the more expensive the ticket becomes. Usually, for large airlines, a certain number of seats are allocated to different price points. For example 100 seats will be given the price $1000, the next 100 seats will be sold at $1200 and the last 100 would be $1800. If you book early, you can get a seat that is $1000 rather than $1800. Where are you going to stay? It is never too early to seek your accomodations if you have not already. There are many hotals that are now on line that you can book through. Luckly, my accomodations were already set prior to my placement comfirmation with the Kenya Working Group (KWG). For more information about the KWG please check out the following link: http://www.kenyaworkinggroup.org/index.html