# Diabetes in the Rainforest **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Created:** [May 17, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-in-the-rainforest/7500 "2019-05-17T15:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-in-the-rainforest/7500/3 "2019-05-17T15:49:09Z")
If you have access to a freezer, this might work. Even if you don’t the thermos would be my first choice , since it won’t heat up easily. Simple, easy, and no threat of your insulin freezing. > [@Keeping insulin cool when traveling: wide thermos](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-insulin-cool-when-traveling-wide-thermos/1500): > > My T1D son and wife are getting ready to spend 2 weeks on the west coast of Costa Rica, in a place where temperature frequently reaches 100F and humidity often hits 90%+. I have been experimenting with different ways to keep insulin cool with as little risk as possible. My latest experiment is the best one, and, I think, a winner. This is what I get after leaving it exposed outside in WI heat for 24 hours (yesterday was mid-80s in shade): Here is the experimen… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-in-the-rainforest/7500)._