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Meagan
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:54 am Post subject: Mosquito Net??? |
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Hi everyone,
I am leaving for Central America in early September, and plan to travel/work for a year. Does anyone know if a mosquito net is necessary to bring when staying in cheap huts/hostels? Thanks for the info! |
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dduck
Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 422 Location: In the middle
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Mosquito Net??? |
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Meagan wrote: |
Hi everyone,
I am leaving for Central America in early September, and plan to travel/work for a year. Does anyone know if a mosquito net is necessary to bring when staying in cheap huts/hostels? Thanks for the info! |
Hi Meagan,
I don't know about all of Central America, but when I stayed in Guatemala I was living up in the mountains, around 1,500m. I was told that I didn't need to worry about mosquitos because there were none so high up. Altitude apparently, is important.
Iain |
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Paulie2003
Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 541
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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I just purchased one for 6US...unless you appreciate the thought of a thousand tiny, vociferous, blood-sucking, disease-spreading, annoying little
creatures descending upon your delicate and fragile body in the dark, humid heat of the night...
"And ounce of prevention is worth a pound of perhaps"
- Sigmond |
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rideshare123
Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject: YES - queen-size it! why not - never know with travel |
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yes, no worries in the high-altitudes.
I was originally in high alts too, but ended up travelling to more 'tropical' regions un-planned. BRING A MOSQUITO NET, AND BRING IT QUEEN-SIZE, so you can tuck it in under the mattress of the bed w/o issue -- also, in case the only bed avail in a hut or hostle happens to be a double mattress -- better to be safe than w/malaria.. It takes up space, but is at least very light!
Enjoy! |
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