Vaccinations!

I had my first four vaccinations yesterday, Polio, Diphtheria and Tetanus all in one shot in one arm, and Typhoid in the other arm. Besides being a tiny bit sore they weren't a problem.

Got another two to look forward to in two weeks (Rabies -1 and Hepatitis A & B [combined - Twinrix] -1), then three more a week after that (Rabies -2 and Hepatitis A & B [combined - Twinrix] -2, and Yellow fever), then two more two weeks later (Meningitis ACWY and Hepatitis A & B  [combined - Twinrix] -3), and one more a week after that (Rabies -3)!

Decided after much reading and advice to go for Doxycycline for my anti-malarial, will make it easier for me to burn in the sun, but otherwise not much in the way of other side effects.

The calm before the storm

Not a lot going on, I think I'm all VSO paperworked out (no more to do for a while at least), career break sorted out, landlord has my notice for the flat.

Changed doctors and hopefully vaccination plan in progress, when the vaccinations start is another matter...

Done a bit of swotting up on Mandinka, but I've been advised not to go mad as I may end up pronouncing stuff incorrectly.

Bought some stuff from Amazon for the trip, got a shiny wind up head torch, some portable HDDs, some CR2032 batteries, cable ties, compressed air canisters, USB sticks, and a multimeter so far.

I've had donated a LAN tester (which may not work). a wind up hand held torch and a soldering iron and kit! Thanks Pete and Gordon! :)

Another 4 and a bit weeks of work to go, it's dragging already...