WORLD TRAVELLER

badge requirements

Complete five of the following clauses (five further clauses completed will earn a second badge)

1. Find out what £1 sterling is worth in six different countries. Find out how you can change money into a foreign currency and how traveller’s cheques work.

2. Design a welcome poster in languages other than your own to make international visitors feel at home.

3. Make a list of medical facts about yourself including any allergies or vaccinations. Why would this be a useful list to keep with a passport? Know where to find out about vaccinations you may need when travelling abroad and what basic medications to take with you.

4. Know when you need to have a passport and how to get one. What is a Guide Introduction Card and how do you use it?

5. Plan and make a journey to a place of interest for a day. Plan a timetable and work out travel arrangements, eating arrangements, cost of entry fees etc. Think about safety and emergency contacts.

6. Either

Cook an international dish on a lightweight stove, such as you would use if you were travelling.

     Or

Make a packed lunch using foods from another country.

7. Make up two games you and your family or friends could play when travelling - one suitable for a car journey and one for a train journey.

8. Make a list of all the things you would need to pack when travelling to a tropical country.

9. Plan and make a visual record of a journey, eg using postcards, photographic slides, prints or video. Compare these methods for cost, quality and possible uses.

10. Record in sound, or scents, the story of a journey.

11. Find an item representative of your local area that could be sent abroad as a gift. Package it and find out how it could be sent safely.

12. Visit a chemist and see what range of sun-care products are available. Know what skin-care products are available. Know what skin type you are. What are the dangers of not being protected.