On 1/23/2015 7:17 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 24/01/2015 12:04 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 1/23/2015 6:07 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 24/01/2015 10:32 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the story. I am now well warned.
>>
>> I will only drink bottled water when we are ashore. I guess we should
>> be wary of raw vegetables as well as they are washed in the water.
>>
>> I have to start taking my malaria preventative pills next Friday. One a
>> week for two weeks before leaving. One a week while gone and one a week
>> for 4 weeks after coming home. I am bringing 98% Deet spray as well as
>> spraying certain items of clothing with a special insect repellant spray.
>>
> One more thing I might warn you of. The insect sprays you use at home
> may not work abroad. I found that with a common spray in use here -
> aeroguard. It works for me here but, in Thailand, it seemed to attract
> the mossies! I was forced to use the local varieties. They worked..
>
I'll keep that in mind, though everything I've read says that the
highest percentage of DEET should work.

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