Appropriate accommodation for pilot
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Correct! Monty Python only borrowed it later.
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Bring it with you
Find out what is actually there for you. Are there others folks there and how many. I think in most cases you will be amazed at what others have already done for comfort. Supply and demand provides a means for all kinds of comforts that you might think would never be available. Talk to someone who is there and get the lay of the land, then, think hard about what you will need to be comfortable.
One of the first things I would ask is can I get shipments of stuff brought in to somewhere I can get to often or easily. This might sound odd but I could get practically anything I wanted shipped to my base in Afghanistan even though it was very remote, even a huge selection of groceries. Amazon was very accommodating. Can't get that or something similar, then figure out how to bring it with you. How can you seal up a tent? Screen is light and cheap. Research comfortable ways to sleep in the bush. Its been done for centuries. A small Honda generator is lightweight and can power a small air conditioner (don't need much for a tent) and a small refrigerator plus a couple of LED lights. Bug spray..definitely. Please don't forget to bring a comfortable chair with a foot rest. Worth its weight in gold. A camping hammock, oh yeah. A camping shower...you'll be very popular. Beer makng kit...
Find out what they have, supplement with what you need and enjoy.
I hope you aren't replacing the last pilot who was eaten by a lion or a puppy size spider! If so, I recommend a Colt AR-15 with night scope. (a bit harder to get on Amazon)
In any case, enjoy it. A fantastic life experience awaits.
One of the first things I would ask is can I get shipments of stuff brought in to somewhere I can get to often or easily. This might sound odd but I could get practically anything I wanted shipped to my base in Afghanistan even though it was very remote, even a huge selection of groceries. Amazon was very accommodating. Can't get that or something similar, then figure out how to bring it with you. How can you seal up a tent? Screen is light and cheap. Research comfortable ways to sleep in the bush. Its been done for centuries. A small Honda generator is lightweight and can power a small air conditioner (don't need much for a tent) and a small refrigerator plus a couple of LED lights. Bug spray..definitely. Please don't forget to bring a comfortable chair with a foot rest. Worth its weight in gold. A camping hammock, oh yeah. A camping shower...you'll be very popular. Beer makng kit...
Find out what they have, supplement with what you need and enjoy.
I hope you aren't replacing the last pilot who was eaten by a lion or a puppy size spider! If so, I recommend a Colt AR-15 with night scope. (a bit harder to get on Amazon)
In any case, enjoy it. A fantastic life experience awaits.
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Having spent time in the jungle of Peru and Ecuador they will probably ask you to take some kind of Malaria pills or other stuff like that. Now here what I know about that stuff and then you will be able to decide what you will do with it.
When I went there I was told to take malaria pills it was a once a week pill, some others from a different province (Canada) than mine had a once a day pills to take and we had to take them starting 2 weeks before going down there, during our stay and 2 weeks after being back home for time off.
Since we were on a 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off schedule we would have to take those pills non stop for the duration of the contract (couple of years) I did not do the 2 years though That was the infos we had from the Canadian doctors.
Now what I decided to do was to wait till I got down there and ask the local doctors what they thought about the pills I was given. Did get a bit of a surprise when the doctor saw what I had, he asked me if I was suicidal because that stuff would kill me in a matter of a couple of years. It would start by destroying my liver, then my "balance system" would gravely be affected and some other very serious side effects. He said this, pills are good for one or two kind of malaria but there are 62 kind of it and even with those, I can still catch it and if ever I do, it will be a major problem to get ride of it because of the pills already taken.
Said not to take anything, first of all there are no malaria above 3000 ft and the best thing to do is roll up your sleeve before sundown ( around 6 oclock close to Equator) for an hour or so and same thing in the morning.
I never caught anything and also there are a lot more to worry about in the jungle than the malaria, it will be the least of your problem when you start seeing what other stuff (sickness) is running around there.
JD
When I went there I was told to take malaria pills it was a once a week pill, some others from a different province (Canada) than mine had a once a day pills to take and we had to take them starting 2 weeks before going down there, during our stay and 2 weeks after being back home for time off.
Since we were on a 4 weeks on and 4 weeks off schedule we would have to take those pills non stop for the duration of the contract (couple of years) I did not do the 2 years though That was the infos we had from the Canadian doctors.
Now what I decided to do was to wait till I got down there and ask the local doctors what they thought about the pills I was given. Did get a bit of a surprise when the doctor saw what I had, he asked me if I was suicidal because that stuff would kill me in a matter of a couple of years. It would start by destroying my liver, then my "balance system" would gravely be affected and some other very serious side effects. He said this, pills are good for one or two kind of malaria but there are 62 kind of it and even with those, I can still catch it and if ever I do, it will be a major problem to get ride of it because of the pills already taken.
Said not to take anything, first of all there are no malaria above 3000 ft and the best thing to do is roll up your sleeve before sundown ( around 6 oclock close to Equator) for an hour or so and same thing in the morning.
I never caught anything and also there are a lot more to worry about in the jungle than the malaria, it will be the least of your problem when you start seeing what other stuff (sickness) is running around there.
JD
