Ultimate Guide to Backpacking Around Asia – Travel Tips & Hacks Blog

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Asia is a unique place to travel and the panic sets in as you don’t have a clue what to expect. Here’s the ultimate guide for backpacking around Asia.

So you’ve booked your flight, stocked up on more guidebooks than you can feasibly carry in your 60 litre back pack and are raring to go. You’ve read our previous‘Ultimate’ travel guides and are clued up on what to pack and which insurance to purchase. However, Asia is a very unique place to travel and the panic begins to set in as you realize you don’t have a clue what to expect from this fascinating continent. Fear not, you have come to the right place.

Please read on for some top tips for backpacking Around Asia.

Before you hit the road…

Vaccinations

Alongside booking your ticket, purchasing travel insurance, sourcing visa information and ensuring that you have enough validity on your passport, vaccinations should be one of the first things that you organize before backpacking around Asia. Be sure to leave at least two months before the departure date to arrange vaccinations at your local travel clinic, as some injections require a certain space of time in between doses to ensure they are fully effective. There are no official vaccines required for Asia, however, there are manysuggestions. Read up on your Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis and Typhoid (A and B) as soon as possible – deciding what injections to get can be a confusing and daunting process. It essentially comes down to how much peace of mind you are willing to pay for. You should take in to account whether you will mainly be spending your time in cities or rural areas, whether you will be coming in to contact with livestock and whether you will be travelling to Malarial areas. For example, only some areas in Thailand and Vietnam present a risk of Malaria…….

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