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If you decide to go on a voluntouring trip, research before you go. There are at the moment a bewildering range of schemes you could go for, from the very small to the very large, and you should check the organisers’ history, and see if they’ve been organising the trips for some time. You don’t want to go for something run by people without any qualifications to do so.
Some schemes involve spending time in very remote places, so security is important. It’s always best to arrange your own insurance, rather than relying on general policies, and remember that your family will want you to be able to tell them exactly who they can get in touch with while you are away, if they need to get an urgent message to you, or want to check that you’re OK.
And, when you do go, pack carefully. Credit cards are not much used in jungles and distant mountain ranges. You don’t get phrasebooks of tribal languages and you don’t find a handy pharmacist on street corners in the desert, so take your own medicines.
Some people like to take a whole string of photos, but personally I think it’s much better to take a journal and record your impressions in that, in words or sketches: that’s the gift to yourself you’ll be bringing back.