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The importance of having a good coverage! In 2016, I decided to quit my corporate job in Switzerland and left anything behind in order to start my once in a lifetime adventure, a 2,5 years round the world trip. Initially traveling by backpack I had no idea that I would built a camper van myself in New Zealand or overland all of the Americas by adventure motorcycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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By coincidence, a friend of mine just came back from Bali where she took a 1 year sabbatical. When she heard about my plans she urged me to take an international health insurance, just to be on the safe side. At the time, I was not totally convinced about how useful that would be for me, but I trusted her. Not sure about why I would need it, I anyway asked her who she would recommend. This is when I heard about Global Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I was planning to travel even remote areas of the world, and did not want to worry about the unexpected, I had to get the right coverage, at a fair price, with an insurance company that would not let me down when I most needed it.  I could trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antiipation is everything when you travel, and believe me I have a vivid imagination, but things where close to getting much worse than I had ever imagined. A rather stupid accident was really close to cause severe consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before entering Luang Prabang in Laos, on a small motorcycle, the rain coat I had bought a couple of hours ago got stuck in the chain and consequently chocked me almost to death. The coat pulled me backwards, I heard my spine cracking a few times too many, and fell off my motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It felt like the world stopped spinning and seconds became an eternity. I saw my life passing in front of my eyes and thought I would never be able to walk again. At the time, I traveled with my former partner who immediately stopped to help me getting back on my feet. Luckily, I could still walk and after a while I could even ride my motorcycle to the next accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it was impossible to sleep properly due to strong back pain I decided to visit a doctor and after researching on google the \u201cbest\u201d option I went straight to the local hospital. I received medical treatment, an X-ray as well as muscle relaxant and pain relief medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was relieved I did not break anything but it was time to take a break from traveling, I mean what other alternative did I have?  Recovering for two weeks in a resort a bit out of town, I was fortunate to continue my travels again without lasting issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As you can imagine, this is only one of the many things that happened to me during the 2,5 years I spent abroad. I was unfortunate enough to have to learn it the hard way, but I sincerely hope that you will not have to go down the same route. Sharing this real-life experience with you is a mean for me to demonstrate how important it is to take your internal health insurance seriously, and to express my gratitude towards Global Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should you be interested in knowing more about my trips around the globe, then please do not hesitate to visit my blog<\/a> and to leave a comment. This is always highly appreciated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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