So, finally we start the tour and we are on the way to Cape Town. I am excited and curious about my upcoming job as a medic on the Tour.

During the first week we were just dealing with preps and getting all our equipment ready. There is still a lot of the medical equipment on the trucks in Ethiopia, so we deal with just basic first aid kits, intravenous fluid as glucose, sodium, chloride, a few other emergency medications and little oral medications.

Egypt has a very good ambulance service, and they follow us all the way to Aswan.

In general, everyone looks great and the folks seem to be healthy. I have a good feeling about the coming tour and I feel relaxed.

Once we started, everything will be running step by step.

Our first medical issue today were a few muscle cramps and ancle cramps because of an old ligament problem, nothing serious and we open our little clinic at 4 pm.

Just keep smiling and happy to be here.

Mathias Hediger