Travel problems.
For details of motion sickness and how to cope with it see next entry. Tell your doctor before taking travel-sickness pills, if you are taking any other pills.
Most of us go on holiday abroad in an aircraft. A short plane journey presents no health problems at all but a longer one can have ill effects that may mar the start of your holiday.
Here are some tips for long air trips:
• Drink plenty of non-alcoholic fluid before and during your flight. The air-conditioning in the aircraft is very dehydrating and this, as much as anything else, is what makes people feel bad after a long flight.
• Get some good sleep before you go as this helps minimize the effects of jet lag.
• Take things to freshen up in your cabin luggage-you’ll feel a lot better when you arrive.
• Don’t overeat or over-drink (alcohol)-or you will pay for it for the next couple of days.
• If possible, don’t plan to do anything too strenuous for the first couple of days after you arrive at your destination. Give your body a chance to get back its balance in the new time zone. Because this can take two days off each end of your holiday it makes sense to travel long distances only for long holidays. It is probably not sensible to go halfway round the world for less than two or three weeks.
Local hazards
Lastly, remember that there could well be local hazards in the area to which you are going. For example, more package tours now go to very exotic places with poisonous plants and fish. Be guided by what the locals do-or don’t do!
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