Visit the Nomad Travel Health & Essential Kit Zone for everything you need to know before you go - from: kit lists, clothing, equipment, to the vaccinations and medical kit that you may need.
Get the best advice before you start packing and learn how to avoid nasty bites, staying healthy on the road and best practical tips to keeping your belongings safe.
The Nomad Travel Health & Essential Kit Zone will feature a reference area, two equipment help desks with visiting experts from the field and specialist Nomad staff along with the Travel Health Booth where you will be able to discuss travel health requirements for your journey with a medical professional.
You will also have the opportunity to buy selected travel gear at bargain prices during the show.
In addition to Nomad Travel equipment and health experts available throughout the day, we will also have these great experts available:
| Date, Time & Guest | Speciality | Background |
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Friday 29 January 2010 6 - 10pm Dominic Hall |
Tropical Rainforest Expeditions |
Dominic runs specialist expedition training company Fieldskills (www.fieldskills.com). He has a wide range of expedition experience having worked all over the world with many different teams. Dominic's expeditions have included looking for leopard poo in Oman and trekking in Norway, but his main speciality is tropical forest expeditions - where he has clocked up more than 2 years of hammock time in the jungles of Central and South America, South East Asia and Africa. |
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Friday 29 January 2010 6 - 10pm Sam McConnell |
Desert Expeditions |
For the last five years he has been concentrating on running expeditions, treks and desert leadership programmes in the Sinai, where last September Sam finished his 101st desert expedition. From 1996, Sam worked in Namibia and Botswana as a guide on 78 safaris in the fairly hostile environments - and sometimes ‘biblical’ weather - of the Namib and Kalahari deserts. In 2002 he walked solo without communications, and unsupported across the dune sea of the Namib Desert – the highest and oldest dunes in the world. For this he was honoured with a fellowship at the Royal Geographical Society as well as a documentary, which was broadcast worldwide. |
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Saturday 30 January 2010 10 - 12 noon Sam McConnell |
Desert Expeditions | As above |
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Saturday 30 January 2010 12 noon - 4pm Alistair Cole |
Mountain, Jungle & First Aid |
Having served with the Parachute Regiment and Royal Army Medical Corps where he specialised in jungle training, Alistair worked as an expedition leader and overseas project manager before returning to the UK and founding Adventure Lifesigns. Alistair has led over 35 overseas expeditions and is a Mountain Leader and qualified Trauma Medic. Alistair is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is the current membership secretary of the Expedition Providers Association. Alistair is also a guest lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and is chief instructor of the faculty at the Expedition Care Program. |
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Sunday 31 January 2010 12 noon - 2pm Sam McConnell |
Desert Expeditions | As above |
SPECIAL SHOW OFFER: Great bargains on travel kit at the show PLUS Nomad will offer a 10% discount to everyone visiting the Nomad Travel Health & Essential Kit Zone or their exhibition stand - for up to a year after the show. This offer will be available both instore and online, so make sure you visit Nomad to find out more!
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