hey people! i need some advise! im going abroad for the first time!?

im going abroad by myself for the first time. i live in england and i will be flying out to south america to do volunteer work and scuba diving around reefs. im a little worried as its a hell of a long way to go by yourself for the first experiance abroad! i have NO experiance using airports, i may have to catch 2 planes, i will spend 5 weeks in south america with a volunteer team and will some how have to make my way home when my time is up. im scared of loosing my passport or getting lost in mexico not being able to speak the language and be completely in the ****!
id appreciate some advise from wise travellers!
thanks in in advance

buy a book and cd and learn some basic spanish
make photocopies of passport and travel documents
get a hidden money belt
send an email to yourself with all document details including bank telephone numbers
google travel scams for the region u are going too
take some travellers chqs,cash,credit card,atm card so u have options to get money if for example the atm machine swallows your card
inform bank where and when u are going so they will authorise your card abroad
only use cash to buy stuff,cards can be cloned
only withdraw cash from an atm attached to or inside a bank and make sure u cover your hand when putting in the pin number
get a nationwide flex account as these are the chepaest atm to use abroad
take an unlocked phone and buy a sim card at your destination
stay in a reputable hotel and put important stuff in the safe but not everything in case the safe gets robbed……i usually carry a card with me
buy one of these

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