International Women’s day

It’s a good opportunity for me to talk about an important subject: What are the things to think about when you travel for a long time as a woman?

The first thing I thought about was the birth control pill! Okay, condoms and abstinence are okay…But I prefer the pill :-)! I have decided to travel with my pills for 18 months. Why? Because it could difficult to find the same molecule and I don’t want to be annoyed by this. I could have decided to put an implant on my arm but for certain women it causes unexpected bleeding…. And IUD? Some gynecologists do it for woman without baby but mine doesn’t (And I don’t want too). That’s why pill is for me the best solution!

Second thing is menstruation… Each month it comes back, again and again… sanitary towels are okay but it prevent to do some activities such as swimming, and they need to be changed often. Sanitary tampons could be the solution but in some countries you cannot find them… and I don’t want to travel with my stock of tampons… I found a better solution:  « Luna Cup » (www.lalunacup.com ) It’s a small plastic cup that you change every 12 hours. You wash it and reuse it infinitely.  It’s good for environment, you don’t need to seek tampons everywhere…. And you don’t feel it. Even if I don’t want to advertise it, I love it :-)

Another thing about travelling as a girl is the question of going to pee. Men only need a tree, open their zipper fly and it’s done… Well then, ladies, solutions exist: (reusable or one way) urinals which permit you to pee standing… But I cannot speak a lot about it because I never try, and I didn’t buy any…. Just keep in mind that it exists!!!

Something else to note: When travelling in hot and wet countries, women have more frequently urinary infections: the first remedy is to drink a lot of water (capped or disinfected)

At last (but not least, particularly for women travelling alone) : it’s better to wear a wedding ring (even if you’re not married). It can help you avoiding strange and annoying discussions :-)… Romain offered me a wedding ring (even if we are not married) :-)

I hope that these few advices will help you. If you have other questions or things to add please feel free to let comments :-)

Enjoy this special day and don't forget that in some parts of the world women have to fight for their rights!!!

FLO

 

D-Day in 50 days!!!

We will take off to Nairobi in 50 days! (For Flo’s birthday) That’s amazing because we are preparing this trip since more than one year. But it’s also hard for us to realize what that mean!!! We resigned our job (last working day is on 28^th of March), we did all needed vaccinations (yellow fever, hepatitis A and B, Japanese encephalitis, …), we gave back our apartment…. But as we are still in our daily life (Metro, Work and Sleep), we think it’s a dream!!!!

The last 3 weeks before departure will be extremely busy: Visiting friends and family, obtaining visas for Kenya and Tanzania, finalizing our luggage… 

Our backpacks are almost full… and heavy :-(!!! We will travel with a tent, sleeping bags, mattresses… Unfortunately it’s not as light as we would like it is. Anyway we are motivated!!!

Our family and friends support us but they are a bit afraid! We can understand them, but in fact danger can be everywhere: you can cross a road and be hurt by a car just at the corner, so we have a different point of view about this trip. We think that humans are not so bad as medias say!!! Of course we will be careful when we have to, and no worries we will also be crazy when we can be :-).

This travel is a dream becoming true!! So if we have only one thing to say before flying we would say: “Believe in your dreams they can be true”

Stay connected, you will hear from us and from the games we will discover very soon :-)

pomme Pidou in front of the Rhin in Basel (Switzerland) dreaming about the coming flight!!!