What a fantastic time we have had over the passed 4 days.  We have just finished our WMT training.  We went for the full 4 day Advanced Medicine for Remote Foreign Travel and it was worth every single penny we spent on it.  The lecturers that we had were Dr Jon Dallimore, James Moore and Tariq Qureshi - what an amazing bunch of people (If you're reading this, thanks a mill!).  Trevor and I have both come away from it with the view that its probably been one of the most interesting and important courses we have ever done.  Along with it being practical and informative, it gave us the opportunity to find out a little more about ourselves, our weaknesses and our potential strengths.  Although the course hasn't made us experts it has certainly helped us to recognise our boundaries, to push those out a bit further and has given us an understanding of what we are capable of.

To top it off, the course also gave us the opportunity to meet up with some really interesting people.  From school teachers, to overlanders, students, sailors, expedition leaders, film makers and those willing to push themselves beyond their limits to raise money for good causes.  No matter that we have a fantastic opportunity to take time off to do our trip, there is always someone out there that you look at and think "wow, what an amazing journey.  I wish I could do that" - a really humbling experience....  and we have discovered that there are far more intrepid explorers and adventurers out there than we ever guessed.

Thank you, Lee, for taking the time out to take the photos.  Here's us doing one of the most interesting bits... :o)

So now the hard work begins as we start to put together our medical kit and choose what we need and what we don't.  Since attending the course, our view of the kit has changed but we have a better idea now of what we are going to take with us for our time away.