Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas: Medications, Documents & Smart Travel Advice
Planning an international trip? These essential Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas will help you stay organised, avoid legal trouble, and enjoy a smoother journey.
Medications: Tips for Aussies Overseas
Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas: It is really important that medications are clearly labelled when travelling overseas, particularly when going through customs into another country. It pays to read www.Smartraveller.gov.au re: drugs and medications. Some countries you go to can lead to the death penalty in extreme cases with illegal drugs. Even if you have legal medications, you must have them either in Webster packs or original boxes. Don’t have them loose or in pill boxes; this will only cause problems at the airport. Also get a letter from doctor of all your medications
International Driver’s Licence:
Read www.smartraveller.com.au to see if you can use your Australian Driver’s License or Google. Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas: Don’t travel and then assume you can use your Aussie Driver’s Licence in that country. We could use it in Vanuatu and South Africa. But when we went to Taiwan, we could not hire a car because we did not have an international driver’s licence. It is not expensive and lasts for 12 months and is another form of ID. All you need is a passport photo size, and go to your nearest state road & motorist association to purchase it. For example, in NSW it is NRMA. Go to the relevant state body in your state.
Passports and Documents: Tips for Aussies Overseas
Treat them as a precious commodity, even more important than money. If you lose them, it can become a nightmare, and you will have to contact the nearest Australian embassy in that country. If you have no passport, it makes it impossible to travel between countries. It is good practice to make a hard copy and also store it on computers or in the cloud as well. You never know when you may be asked. We went tandem paragliding in Taiwan, and they wanted our passports. They were back at our accommodation, but we produced a digital copy in the cloud. This sufficed. Keep any photo ID, driver’s licence or medication documents safe while travelling.
Respect Culture:
Locals expect that tourists won’t fully know or understand their cultures. If you go to the effort of knowing the culture, the locals will appreciate and respect you more. For example, in Taiwan we took off shoes and left them outside and only wore indoor shoes. I got myself into trouble throwing in rubbish stinky tofu and chicken legs. When I realised, I apologised. Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas: Respect culture.
Google Photos: Tips for Aussies Overseas
Other than Google Translate, charades and pointing, sometimes I Googled photos of places that I wanted to go, food that I wanted to eat, trains that I wanted to catch, etc. A picture tells a thousand words when you can’t speak the language.
Lastly, for Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas:
Be Thankful, Respectful and Not Angry:
It can be frustrating travelling sometimes, and things don’t go according to plan. Aussie Chillout Travel Tips for Aussies Overseas: You will always have a better travel experience if you are thankful, respectful and not angry towards others. Locals will respond better and even go out of their way to look after you and help you. If you act superior and angry, don’t expect to be helped unless it is part of their job. They will only help you because they have to, not because they want to. Definitely won’t give you valuable extra service and will only give minimal service?
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