Oh Boy...don't get me started here! I have been using the pill for 20 years now my doc put me on it at an early age (puberty) because i was not producing estrogen and therefore not having a normal cycle. ANYWHO...the ways i have manipulated my pills in order to not be "flowin" at inopertune times!!

i was guided by a doctor (and friend of the family) you can stop a few days early or take a few extra to prolong the 28 day period...not making a habit of this monthly you should be fine! and as the packet says "missing a day is fine...double the next" or take it as soon as you remember. and a few hours of inconsistency should be no harm either. but when any of this is done to take EXTRA precautions te ensure no OOOPSIES!!!

i figure if you take it every 24 hours and adjust the day you get there to take it first thing in the morning when you wake (as opposed to 2 a.m.) you should be fine....but i am disclaiming i am NO doctor and i would talk to a pharmacist/doctor/or phycisians assist to get expert advice...cause you never know...we are all different in the fertility range and i may have screwed up many time taking the pill but am just not so fertile whereas someone else may have done excatly what i have and gotten a bun in the oven...

Meanwhile...enjoy your trip!!!! it is a wild place...alot to absorb!!! I loved it!!!!