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- Get good travel insurance. Medical facilities are basic and full
medical insurance including cover for evacuation has proven necessary.
Bring adequate supplies of any necessary medication.
- Check the Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice.
- Bring enough money. Travellers cheques in US$ and £sterling are widely
accepted. Major hotels/restaurants accept credit cards.
- There are stiff penalties for changing foreign currency except with
officially authorised dealers (eg the banks). Beware of the temptations of
an increasingly open parallel market.
- Keep belongings in a safe place, preferably in the hotel safe.
- Take your passport with you to cash travellers' cheques and for proof
of ID when making bookings for trips to outer islands.
- Leave a copy of your passport details and local address and telephone
number at home with relatives.
- Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.
- Beware of leaving belongings unattended on isolated beaches, and
walking on beaches, or off the main street, late at night.
- Bring suntan lotion and insect repellents as both are difficult to
obtain locally. Be prepared for humidity.
- Don’t carry drugs. Sellers are active on the main beaches. Prison sentences and heavy fines are usual for those found in possession.