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Safari Vaccination and Malaria Advice for African Wildlife Holidays

It’s 65 years since the ‘Born Free’ novel detailed Joy Adamson’s true-life story of raising Elsa the lion cub, in Kenya.  That book, the subsequent movie and then the Meryl Streep epic, ‘Out of Africa’, all helped create a desire to head to the African savanna and live the safari dream.  But if that’s your burning wish this year, what travel vaccination planning do you need to do and what malaria precautions might you need to take?

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Gap Year Guide for Those With a True ‘Carpe Diem’ Mentality

Did you know that there is a ‘Carpe Diem Day’ on February 26?  The first known use of the phrase ‘carpe diem’ was way back in Roman times, when the poet Horace used it, in Odes 23.  For him, it was not about ‘seizing the day’ but ‘plucking the day’.  Either way, it meant living life to the full, just as thousands of gap year travellers do each year.

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Cut Out Travel Health Gambles for The Gambia

Looking for somewhere different to go on holiday this year, to perhaps escape a situation where you feel unwanted in Spain, or maybe to just find some guaranteed sunshine and lovely warm temperatures?  If that’s the case, and you still want to keep within a fairly modest budget, The Gambia may well catch your eye.  With TUI, Thomas Cook, Love Holidays, First Choice and many others all offering packaged holidays to The Gambia, it may well be on the radar, but what travel health considerations will you find here, perhaps differing widely from those required for the Costas?

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Cholera, Typhoid and Other Diseases in Kipling’s Time and India Today

On December 30, 1865, Rudyard Kipling – best known perhaps for being the author who produced the works on which Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’ were based – was born in Mumbai. Life for Kipling was not just a fantasy world with colourful characters, however.  Nineteenth century, colonial India, came with a distinct cholera and typhoid threat – severe travel health risks that still exist today, for those who go unvaccinated on trips to India.

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Box Clever With Travel Health if Planning a ‘Different’ Holiday in 2025

Around 14 million Brits will most likely be searching for holidays this festive season, if 2023’s pattern is repeated.[1]  Boxing Day is always a popular one on which to spend the festive cash that Santa delivered, or that Christmas bonus, but what other costs might travellers have to factor into their holiday budget?  Pinpoint Travel Health has a few thoughts.

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Don’t Suffer One of the Traveller’s Health Curses in Egypt

80 years ago, the world was gripped by The Mummy’s Curse movie, released on December 22, 1944.  The film was evidence of a fascination in Egypt and its heritage, something which still exists all these decades later, with over half a million Brits visiting Egypt annually.

But if you travel to Egypt, whether to track down the pharaohs or cruise the Nile, what travel health situations need to be considered and what vaccinations do you need for Egypt?

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Travel Vaccination ‘Secrets’ Unlocked for Those Exploring 007’s SE Asian locations

40 years ago, James Bond, aka Roger Moore, was featuring in the premier of the hit movie, The Man With the Golden Gun, which screened in late December 1984.  Every viewing thereafter was whetting the appetite of those with a spirit of adventure. It inspired many who fancied hopping on a plane and exploring the movie’s key locations – Thailand, Macau (Macao) and Hong Kong.

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