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Entering into Turkey from Greece.

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Crossing the border went pretty smooth, I could make complaints but really is it worth the time to write. Overall the trip was a success and the country side was beautiful. Then we hit the city and wow the city was huge, I thought I had seen sprawling city scapes before. But Istanbul spread far and wide like nothing I’d ever seen.

border crossing greece to turkey

crossing the border from Greece into Turkey

Turkish countryside west of Istanbul

Turkish countryside west of Istanbul

Turkish countryside west of Istanbul

Turkish countryside

Shots shots shots. Rabies, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Tetanus, and Typhus

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This is about to get difficult. Hmmmmmm…
I just left the doctors office with a few shots but not all of them that I hoped to get. What I did not realize and what I hope to inform other potential travelers is that the Rabies, the Hepatitis A, and the Hepatitis B shots need to be distributed over three different time periods.  I’ll have to go to another doctor in another country and obtain a second and a third dosage of those shots.
The doctor

World Health Org., International Certificate of Vaccination

World Health Org., International Certificate of Vaccination

said I could come back to visit them in two weeks for the next installments however I am ready to move out as I told my volleyball manager that I’d be leaving Germany in a week .

So since I’m not able to go to Tanzania or India without a Yellow fever shot or Malaria tablets then there is only one other option, travel a little through Europe before I go. That way I will be able to see some places that were on my list of places to see and things to do, while I am waiting for the time period to get the next shots.


Today I received these shots:
  • ·         Tetanus– A one time shot
  • ·         Typhus- A one time shot
  • ·         Rabies– One of three shots: 1st is done then the next is in 14 days, then the
    next in 28-30 days.
  • ·         Hepatitis A, & Hepatitis B: The 1st I done then next ones are in a month on
    June 18th, then again  between 7-12 months later for my final. I will be
    protected for ten years.

With that said hopefully in the next month I will be getting a yellow fever shot and picking up some malaria tablets and getting my body used to the medications. Now I need to plan where to go.