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Tips for avoiding mosquito bites
The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. Read full view of this at http://www.onlymyhealth.com/tips-avo...tes-1282202301 |
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Priya Mehta wrote:
The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. If you can afford it, staying in high quality hotels is also a good idea. I wasn't once bothered by mosquitos on a just completed trip to India, including Goa. At the hotel in Agra, there were a large number of mosquitos outside in the evening (and several stuck outside our window in the morning) but not a peep of them anywhere inside. Ironically, the only place where they were a mild annoyance was at Delhi airport as we waited to depart! I had skin spray with me, but only rarely used it, and even then, probably didn't need it. (By contrast, I remember being bothered by mosquitoes at night when I lived in Delhi in a private home for 6 weeks in the late 80s.) I've been quite bothered by mosquitoes in cheaper hotels in Greece, even Spain- staying in more upmarket places (the norm in recent years) I haven't had any problems. They don't seem to like air conditioned spaces IME. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. The most efficient solution is to use a fan. You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe. A long time ago they were proliferating along the Mediterranean sea. They can be no more found in holiday or tourists' places. For example they were long ago very annoying all along the Languedoc coast in France, no more, except perhaps, outdoors at night on windless days, in Camargue, the Rhone river marsh wild life natural park. http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html http://www.costieres-camargue-authentique.camargue.fr/ (babelfish translation here : http://minilien.fr/a0mpg8 ) Paradoxically, in northern Europe, midges can be much more annoying than mosquitoes are in southern Europe. http://www.highland-midge.co.uk/ Read full view of this at http://www.onlymyhealth.com/tips-avo...tes-1282202301 |
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On Apr 21, 5:33*am, Paul Aubrin wrote:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote: The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. The most efficient solution is to use a fan. You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe. A long time ago they were proliferating along the Mediterranean sea. They can be no more found in holiday or tourists' places. For example they were long ago very annoying all along the Languedoc coast in France, no more, except perhaps, outdoors at night on windless days, in Camargue, the Rhone river marsh wild life natural park. http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html http://www.costieres-camargue-authentique.camargue.fr/ (babelfish translation here :http://minilien.fr/a0mpg8) Paradoxically, in northern Europe, midges can be much more annoying than mosquitoes are in southern Europe. http://www.highland-midge.co.uk/ Read full view of this at http://www.onlymyhealth.com/tips-avo...tes-1282202301 To our surprise about 10 years back we were told that the Side/Med coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria! Surreyman |
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@h5g2000vbx.googlegroups.com, says... To our surprise about 10 years back we were told that the Side/Med coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria! The tablets upset me, and they're only about 60% effective anyway. Good anti malaria discipline when sleeping or going out at dusk is perfectly adequate. -- William Black When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's time to leave. |
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Tips for avoiding mosquito bites
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote:
In article , says... On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote: The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. The most efficient solution is to use a fan. Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten. I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia. With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night. Before that, I used a mosquito net on my hammock and occasionally some voracious mosquitoes managed to find their way underneath and bite my back through the thick cloth. In southern France, in those places with mosquitoes at the mosquito season, those UV electrical trap can help a lot, electrical plugs diffusing chemical are efficient too. |
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In article ,
says... On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote: In article , says... On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote: The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. The most efficient solution is to use a fan. Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten. I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia. With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night. They do in India. -- William Black When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's time to leave. |
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Paul Aubrin writes:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote: The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night, especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out. The most efficient solution is to use a fan. You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe. I don't remember the name of the town, but we were prety bothered by mosquitoes in France one night in Brittany near Briere Regional Natural Park. And yes, it is also hard not to believe they are a hazard in the Camargue. Having said that, apart from isolated experiences, I have found mosquitoes much less prevalent in the parts of Europe I've spent time in than in east coast or midwestern US. Still, when they are annoying, they are very annoying, and screens seem not yet to have been invented in the old world. I recall one very hot night (in southern Brittany) where we were told "at bedtime, close the bedroom window, spray this big can of Off around the room, leave for ten minutes, and then come back to the room and go to sleep." (Keeping window closed.) It was amusing that this was how guests were expected to cope, but it didn't make for much of a night's sleep. Either stifle with the window closed breathing "Off" fumes, or open up the window and welcome back the mosquitoes. Still, malaria seemed like no danger. M |
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