All things being fair, it must be said that New Zealand is a relatively safe place to live. Putting aside, of course, our often ridiculous choices we make about personal safety. We have no notable poisonous insects or nasty animals. Also, humans in NZ generally (generally) want to be nice to other humans.
The same cannot be said for some of the regions we will be travelling through! We realise that the dangers of getting stung, shot, bitten, beaten, broken, bashed, bruised, or any combination of the aforementioned are very real. We will be brushing shoulders with military and extremist groups of all types as we pass through some of the areas worst-struck by conflict. SafeTravel is a travel advisory website run by the NZ government (link). Many of the destinations we are planning to visit fall into the ‘Extreme Risk’ category and travel is ill-advised.
To prepare for crappy situations, I’ve just completed 3 levels of First Aid courses including Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC). St John say that this course “provides the knowledge and skills required to deliver immediate advanced first aid assistance in any situation”. The chances of getting an ambulance to drive a million kilometers into the Gobi Desert are slim, even our Comprehensive travel insurance can’t guarantee that we’ll get help in time.
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I’ll be encouraging the lads to up-skill in their own First Aid knowledge so we can provide competent care, should a ‘health event’ occur.
Euphemisms aside, no one dies on my watch.
~Scotty