Keep photocopies of your passport and travel documents in your luggage.
Use a water purifier, I used a Steripen brilliant.
If travelling make sure you have a knowledgeable guide.
If fuel is not available at the service station, check the local pub etc. as there is a black market in fuel.
If buying diesel buy in clear containers so you can check for contamination.
Take your own toilet paper everywhere.
Take tissues, a packet of wet wipes and hand sanitizer.
Men buy a suitable hand bag for your travel papers and guard it well.
Take a camera but don’t photograph police, army, government buildings etc.
Take iodine in a small bottle, great antiseptic for cuts etc. and can be used in an emergency to purify water.
Take a suitable power adaptor.
Don’t rely on the power to charge your camera, phones etc. have a 12V backup.
Don’t forget your personal medicines, headache tablets etc. and have a copy of a letter from your doctor to say the medicines are necessary.
Get all the necessary vaccinations including rabies, the monkeys can be vicious, they tried to bite me a couple of times , our guide chased them away, but they turned on him and chased him back, was very funny to watch.
Don’t put valuables into your checked luggage.
If your carry-on luggage is over weight, especially with camera gear, wear a camera vest or coat with big pockets so you can put lens etc into the pockets if needed. Our carry on luggage was never weighed, I practiced making my camera backpack look very light.
Make sure that you always have your car keys with you, do not put them in your checked luggage.
Most important have travel insurance and read the fine print as I found a lot of policies don’t cover travel to Zimbabwe.
Pay for travel with a Gold VISA card if you can as the free travel insurance can be better than your paid insurance (have both paid and VISA insurance).
travel tips are important specially if you are going in places that are troublesome like in Africa or Asia;’`
eveyone always need some form of travel tips to prepare them on what to expect on their destination*~~