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- Get travel and medical insurance. If you intend to trek make sure that
your insurance covers both rescue and medical evacuation by helicopter.
- Altitude can kill. To avoid acute mountain sickness ascend slowly and
acclimatise fully. Take professional advice.
- Check the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice before
travelling.
- Leave a photocopy of your passport and your itinerary with a contact
in the UK.
- Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.
- Avoid any involvement with drugs. Penalties can be severe.
- Do not overstay you visa. If you do, you will be fined and may find
yourself in jail.
- Do not trek alone, it is safer to hire a guide from a reputable
company.
- Do not enter 'Restricted' areas. Strict terms and conditions apply.
Check with a reputable trekking company.
- Register with the Consular Section at the British Embassy.