Destination

Destination
We are going to the Zulu Nyala Game Lodge in the home of the Zulu Nation. This lodge is nestled between the Mkuze, Hluhluwe and St. Lucia reserves in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, south of Swaziland in South Africa.

Minnesotan speak: Drive time 7-8 hours east/south east of the Johannesburg Airport,1 hour north of Richards Bay and 1 hour west of St. Lucia on the Indian Ocean.

Check out the google map link or this Wikapedia blurb about the KwaZulu-Natal Province http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal

My visit to the travel clinic

I received a ton of information from the travel clinic nurse the other day:

• Malaria (where it is common)
• Insect precautions
• Dengue Fever (although not common where we are going)
• Traveler's Diarrhea
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid
• Air Travel
• Health Care Abroad
• Safety and Security
• Trip Checklist
• Post Travel
• General Travel Health 

Wow, I'll have to find time to read all this good stuff!

I got a prescription for Cipro (in case of traveler's diarrhea) and also received some "jabs":

• Typhoid
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B

I'll need to go back in a month for another dose of Hep A/B, and then another about 6 months later.
Here's my snoopy band-aid :-)

Travel Information for South Africa

http://www.safrica.info/travel/documents/visas.htm

Well, I didn't put this link where the links belong, so I need a little tutorial on this blogging thing.

The appointment is scheduled for the travel clinic

I think I'll have to get some jabs (shots).  I checked the CDC website and they recommend Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, and even Rabies vaccines.