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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:41 pm
by lutonlagerlout
off on holiday soon
i normally get travel money from the post office ,but does anyone know any better places?
also can anyone recommend any effective anti mosquito repellant?
thanks in advance LLL 
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:03 pm
by ken
My mrs went on holiday with her mates the other week and got her euros from the post office and it cost her nowt. No idea on mosquito repellant, where you off too?
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:10 pm
by lutonlagerlout
lagos in portugal
went there last year but mosquito bites ruin hot countries for me,2 of my mates live there and they reckon the secret i snot to scratch,but as a towny its hard not to
LLL
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:14 pm
by ken
no way!, thats where my lass went she had a top time, wants to go again but later in year when its not as hot
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:00 am
by Swansea Handyman
LLL
Try 100% ''Deet'' or Avon's ''Skin so Soft'' ( honest....)
Been to Kenya recently and used both - didn't get bit once. ( which is unusal as I'm usually the first )
Deet you can get via the net or a bigger M&S.
Just remember to ''Spalsh it all over''...
Cheers.
Alan
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:14 am
by GB_Groundworks
eat a rich garlicy diet keep everything off inc the mrs lol
this s not proven btw lol but heard talk of it lol
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:20 am
by lutonlagerlout
ken wrote:no way!, thats where my lass went she had a top time, wants to go again but later in year when its not as hot
lagos is quite a pleasant sort of place,nice marina and fish restaurants,good for families and couples,only a couple of miles from where that poor girl went missing 
where did you go in kenya alan?
I went there 15 years ago to diani beach near mombassa,never again,total luxury for the tourists and poverty for the locals
why does " skin so soft" help? I have used deet in the past but heard its pretty toxic
cheers LLL
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:40 am
by Swansea Handyman
Dunno about Deet being toxic - 1st I've heard it mentioned but it worked OK. Me and the missus went for 2 weeks so went straight for 2 bottles @ 100%
'Skin so Soft' came about from my ex - she's a nurse and goes to Africa every two years or so looking after the orphans. It's what the europeans use and works good - especially as they're mostly in the outback and not city bound. Smells better than Deet but I don't know what's in it that makes it work. Early mornings and evenings are the most active time for the mossies so it's a must then - just watch your forearms , neck and feet - but I just used it all over !
We must of been close to you - Baobab Beach Resort on Dani Beach. Stayed there and then flew into the Masi Mara for a Safari - which was amazing. Didn't venture off the Baobab ( which is mint ) but can understand what you're on about. I stayed in Lima, Peru for 6 months have experianced the poverty first hand so I suppose it's very simular.
I do suffer with insect bites really bad - especially at work here - dunno why but there we are.
Hope this helps but from all accounts these are the stuff to use.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:07 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i stayed at the safari beach resort, we had guards armed with spears and bows and arrows
I asked one what sort of money he was on,£30 a month and he reckoned that was a great job
have ordered some of the avon stuff
cheers for that
LLL
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:48 pm
by joydivision
Another one here been to Diani, Mombassa. Yeah, the poverty is unreal, what got me though is the local families had nothing, yet the kids were turned out for school dressed immaculately in uniforms! They must really have pride in that!
jungle formula repellant is also good.
JD
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:02 pm
by joydivision
Also when we was there, we were on our way back from Tsavo to Mombassa and a big Chinese outfit were putting in a huge new road.
They employed the locals as labour, hundred's of them, most of them dressed in old ripped t shirts and shocking footware. I noticed one guy doing some hard graft with a pick, swinging away, I then noticed he was at it bare foot! The thought doesnt bear thinking about, it made me feel sick!
After the shock, I turned to the Mrs and said, ' never mind catching your foot, I couldnt even stand on the ground he was picking with bare feet!'
JD
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:14 pm
by Mikey_C
ever since me and the mrs started using "bens 100" repellent we haven't had a bite. it is 100% deet but after years of use, no signs of physical damage, but I "wouldn't" recommend drinking it
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:33 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i went in a group of 12 extended family and friends
one night me and 2 mates went to a local night club "shakattack"
as soon as we walked in we were mobbed by at least 50 local prostitues
I said to 1 aspiring girl, "sorry but it wouldnt be safe" to which she pulled a condom out of her pocket,that looked older than me!
thing was half these girls were just local girls trying to earn as much in 1 night as their families could in a month
plus eating your dinner and a bleedin monkey swoops down and grabs your roll.
saw the biggest baobab tree in Africa, and went marlin fishing but apart from that i couldnt recommend east Africa
oh apart from they had a coin worth about 3P which was exactly the same size as our old 50 P piece :;): :;): :;):
legend has it that someone bought £100 worth of these while he was away for pool tables etc
<cough cough>
LLL
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:02 pm
by Al Jardin
LLL
Deodorants & fragrances attract mosi's. Something about it on the radio recently so make sure you stink like a turkish keebab shop owner on a hot summers night and you'll be fine.
Enjoy. Al.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:10 pm
by lutonlagerlout
aww al you know i love my smellys
i cant go out unless i smell like a tart's windowbox :;):
used deet last year and still got a good few
my tip is never go to bed naked in these infernal countries
i did it once and got a mossie bite on the one eyed bed snake
now that was sore
always seem to get a couple that i scratch and they become infected
last year swarms of them appeared at dusk from under the boardwalk
LLL