Monthly Meet Ups

Booked onto an Opwall expedition and have some questions about the next steps, what type of walking boots to get or when to start looking at vaccinations?

Each month our team holds a monthly meet up where we share our expedition advice, helpful tips and give you a chance to ask any and all questions you can think of!

Find all our previous topics and relating videos below, or sign up for an upcoming talk!

DECEMBER’S TOPICS

• Fundraising over Christmas
• Last minute gift ideas
• Travelling before or after your expedition

JANUARY’S TOPICS

• Flights and travel
• Making travel buddies
• Kit lists – what you can beg or borrow
• Insurance – what is important to include and look out for, where to start looking? Why it’s important to get this now rather than waiting until just before you go!

FEBRUARY’S TOPICS

• Using the portal step by step
• Vaccinations – why we suggest the vaccines that we do
• Scuba diving information

MARCH’S TOPICS

• Training materials
• Bags for all sites, pull along, back pack, day bag or duffel?
• Water bottles – what is worth buying, using and taking?

APRIL’S TOPICS

• Spending money, how to pay for things onsite and what currency to travel with
• Collecting data for a dissertation
• How the data we collect is used

MAY’S TOPICS

• What happens when you arrive in country?
• What we wished we had taken to the field
• How to take all your kit
• In case of emergencies! – what happens when flights are delayed, bags are left behind, who to contact and all things emergency phone

Please note: Honduran currency (Lempira) is a closed currency and can only be exchanged in country.