Journals / Re: Southeast Asia here i come!
« on: March 20, 2010, 04:13:24 pm »Don't get vaccinated.
Vaccines are dangerous and of dubious value, do not get vaccinated under any circumstances.
I spent 3 months in thailand and came back 2 months ago. I hardly got any insect bites and I never even saw bugs there.
You don't need anti-malarials either (quite toxic by themselves), but less toxic is to rub 30% DEET over your entire skin surface except eyes of course, every 8 hours. AND that is ONLY if you're heading to the Burmese border in north Thailand, the interior of Cambodia, or Palawan in the Philippines (already posted). Compared to 50 years ago there is very little problem in the region, thanks to deforestation . Which concurs with everyone else, though I know you just needed to hear it from someone who has stayed in Asia 20 years.