Just wondered...going to SEA soon. Should i bother buying a
mosquito net AND covering myself in repellant or just use
the repellant? Will it make any difference ?
Cheers!!
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I get huge welts from mossies and I did fine in SEA without
a mossie net. I used plenty of repellent and stayed away
from perfumey things like scented hairspray etc...they love
to bite those who smell good! You should be okay with just
repellent- get one with lots of deet if you are in jungle
areas!
Have fun...
Ema, a word of advice from someone who attracts mossies and
travels in areas of high risk malaria. Use all the
repellants available to you but more importantly COVER UP so
you don't get bitten. Wear long baggy trousers and socks as
soon as night falls. Spray, spray, spray. Have a good
trip.
In addition to DEET which you spray on yourself you could
soak your clothes in a premethrin solution & then let them
dry out. Kills mossies dead when they step on treated
clothes, lasts a couple of weeks.
.
I always figure if you're susceptible to mossie bites - do
everything in your power to prevent it!
.
They also sell mosquito coils to burn, mossie wrist bands &
an electronic device that apparently drives them crazy and
will make them stay away from you.
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On my trip, I plan to bring EVERYTHING!
Ema,
In real life, most people in SEA don't use nets (they
just look good on canopy beds in the movies). Best bet is
covering up in the evenings, and repellant. Depending on
whether or not the places you are staying have window
screens, etc. you might want to sleep in some repellant or
plug in a coil. I'm not to fond of coils because I kind of
wake up with a funky feeling in my lungs, but they do help
with the little buggers.
I agree, NO NET. Instead, lots of Deet repellant and a
large, heavy magazine!!!
Cheers for the advice. Happy travels...
Nets aren't totally essential but were useful. Not so much
for night time but early evening it was good to able to
escape from the mosquitos to read for an hour or so before
going out for the night. The net that I had folded up
really small and was impregnated with repellent.
If you can get hold of it, Skin So Soft by Avon is a really
good insect repellent for totally unknown reasons (its not
made to do that, its just a body lotion). Plus its cheap
and it smells nice!
Have a nice time
Most places offer m. nets over the beds already -at least in
Indonesia.
*I think that skin-so-soft only works for some people - for
me not at all!
I couldn't have spent the summer in a civilized place like
Tokyo without my mosquito net over the futon. Bought the
net at an army surplus store. The annoying buzzing is
enough to ruin an entire nights sleep for me.