This trip will require quite a bit of advance preparation. This list will be updated as I learn new things and get closer to our departure date. I have broken some of those down into various categories below including;
- Documentation
- Equipment, photography, navigation, and communications
- Health and Safety
- Extended leave from our home
- Vehicle and Camper upgrades
- Passports
- Visas
- Insurance
- Registration
- Drivers License
- Yellow Fever vaccination
Equipment, photography, navigation, and communications
- Canon EOS 10D with a 28-135mm lens
- Canon PowerShot A470 7.1 mega pixels and 3.4x optical zoom
- GoPro Hero2 HD video camera
- 2 iPhone 4s’s
- Garmin etrex Vista HCx
- Asus tablet – Microsoft Streets and Trips 2013 with GPS and various other software
- Dell Inspiron N5110
- 2m radio (TBD)
- quad band phone for specific country use (TBD)
- All recommended vaccinations and medications
- Group travel with experienced tour company through Central and South America
- On board in-line water purification system (TBD – probably a Seagull IV by General Ecology)
- Daughter living at home
- Nephew living with us
- Full time adult house sitter (TBD)
- or, Maintenance contracts (TBD)
- Air intake, performance chip, and larger exhaust to improve mileage with deisel engine ***completed***
- Removal of rear seat and construction of storage area with locking compartments
- Resealing exterior of RV
- Remove old 13500btu AC and install new Coleman PolarCub 9200btu low profile AC
- Propane transfer hose
- Ignition kill switch installation (TBD)