International participants are requested to check in latest by the 10th of March 2005 and Indian partipants should check in by the morning of 11th March 2005 at our contact counter at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad.

Weather

The weather during the march will be warm to hot. The region we are travelling through has very dry (minimum humidity) weather. The minimum temperatures would be in high 20 deg C (68 to 75 deg F) and maximum could go upto the upper 30 deg C (86 to 92 deg F).

Towards the end of the walk since we will be close to the seashore, humidity levels will rise.

This the dry season in India and no rains are expected except for freak weather conditions

Clothing

We recommend light loose cotton clothing for men and women. Shorts and singlets should be avoided by women since we will be travelling through conservative rural areas. Long light pants and loose top garments preferably non transparent would be recommended. This will protect women from unwated attention as well as thorns and insects.

Long pants are also recommended for men as protection against thorns and insects.

Medications

• Please bring personal medication.
• A personal first aid kit.
• STRONGLY ADVISED: Anti malaria medication.
• Medications for insect bites, stomach infections and other illnesses.
• In case you are allergic to insect stings eg. bee, wasp etc., please consult your doctor and carry along the requisite anti-allergic medication.
• Creams, moisturisers and sun block.
• Blister First Aid Materials:

  Tincture of Benzoine
  Moleskin by Dr. Scholls
  Band Aids
  
  

Suggestions

• Please bring only very necessary baggage and as less as possible.
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• Please ensure that you have the proper visas required to come to India. Addresses of Indian Embassies/High Commissions, Consulates have been provided in the travel section.
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• Please keep your Passport, Travel documents, and money securely. Do not flash the money you are carrying.
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• Refrain from giving money to beggars.
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• Ensure you have taken proper vaccines, also take anti Malaria medication as per your physician’s advice. Please carry medication for insect bites, stomach infections and a personal first aid kit.
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• Organisers will not be responsible for unfortunate circumstances or mishaps occurring due to any friendship/alliance you strike up with other participants, organisers or staff during the event. We are facilitators, not moral wardens.
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• Kindly carry sufficient insect repellent, you will be walking through rural areas which are infested with mosquitoes, house flies, bees, wasps, bugs and insects of all kinds. Since camps will be in unused agricultural field and fallow land there is a likelihood of scorpions and snakes appearing in the camps and the sanitation areas please be prepared, wherever possible organisers will try to remove dangerous insects, reptiles and rodents in advance.
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• For any assistance or special requirements inform in advance. For assistance during the event inform the guide/facilitator assigned to your group.
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• Ensure that you are carrying personal medication, first aid kit, and most important a Torch/ flash light and enough spare batteries.
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• Please do not make deals or arrangements with any of the volunteers, organiser’s representatives or outsider for your own safety.
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• No unauthorised or unregistered person/s will be allowed to mingle with the participants or enter the camp grounds.
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• Participants requiring special assistance, arrangements or aid must inform the organisers at the time of registering.
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• Those who participate against medical advice do so at their own risk, organisers will not be responsible for any complications or eventualities.