The Amazon - anything to worry about ?

We are off on an expedition to the Brazilian Amazon.

So you have to buy a hat and it has to be a Tilley. This is an LTM3 Airflo hat. It turns out its made in Toronto, Ontario with an address on Don Mills Road which I've driven down many times.

We bought the hat, and a lot else besides at UV Gear. For anyone living in the Alpharetta - Johns Creek, Ga area, UV Gear is at the junction of Kimbal Bridge Road and Web Bridge Road [sandwiched between the bridal gowns shop and Bickram Yoga - by the way, the Yoga studio is the only place in Georgia that sells Lululemon exercise clothes].

UV Gear told us that they could equipment anyone for a two month trip with luggage weighing just 10 pounds. We did not test them on this, our credit card would have folded under the load.

Now we have had our injections: typhoid; yellow fever. The malaria tablets are ready for before we get to the malarial mosquito infected areas.

Bring on the Amazon.