last-week preparations...

Amongst other things I´ve been checking, reorganizing and stocking up on my travel medications today.

What I´m taking is:

-  antihistamins, because I´ve become terribly susceptible to insect bites in recent years
- two different kinds of pain killers, with anti-inflammatory capacities
- something against cramps (just learned that´s called antispasmodic)
- something against diarrhea
- something against travel sickness- which I don´t usually get, but I do get seasick and I hope I´ll be spending some time on a boat ;)
- never taken a sleeping pill yet but I ALWAYS take earplugs and my mp3 with me :). they work wonders on long flights and bus journeys.
-  a cream with cortisone - against insect bites and sunburn
- a disinfectant cream (which I didn´t get yet ...they gave me a spray, which is stupid to carry, at the pharmacy and I didn´t realize...)
- and an expectorant, because I´m kind of paranoid since I had pneumonia twice already.

I know lots of other stuff is recommended but so far I´ve got along with these quite well on my travels.

In the hope I won´t have to use any of it :).

Oh, and and an insect-repellent  (called "anti-brumm", contains DEET, the only stuff that really works in the tropics) and  a sun-screen with factor 50 :).