Munya Chawawa on traditional hotels, partying in South America and the imperatives of sightseeing

What do you pack first?

“When I was at university, I had terrible eczema. One day, I went to this doctor who took out this blacklisted steroid cream and told me never to tell anyone. Lo and behold, a lifetime of eczema was cured. I still have this tube of the strongest steroid cream on Earth. It’s about seven years out of date but I always take it with me because the fear of not having it makes me break out in eczema. So it’s a sort of psychological comfort blanket.”

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