Saturday, December 09, 2006
Mosquitoes
How to Avoid Mosquitoes Bites in Thailand or Anywhere else for That Matter!
Prevention
is always better than cure, the one thing that is sure to annoy most
people on holiday is the tiny whirring of a mosquito or 2 in your ear
while you are trying to sleep. What can you do?
Also spreaders of disease and can be very painful.
Steps
- 1 hand snatch - not very effective as the air from your hand pushes the mossy away.
- 1 hand slap against the wall - very effective as long as you have some tissue to wipe it off, is that all your blood?
- Double handed clap - more effective that the single snatch
and flicking it onto the floor to join its colleagues can be
satisfying. - Mosquito nets - great as long as you check for holes every night, 1 hole lots of mosquitoes.
- Electric zapper - shaped like a tennis racket with an
electric current, great as long as the batteries last, get a
rechargeable one. Good satisfaction as well.
Electric Mosquito racket
- Spray - Citronella or Deet last for about 8 hours but some brands smell rather noxious.
Deet
Tips
- sleep with someone the mosquitoes like more than you, not very nice for your partner but you should be ok!
- Orange peel - if you have nothing else, wards them off.
- if you are in Thailand look for a citronella plant and break one of it's twigs - the smell will discourage them.
Warnings
- Mosquitoes do not have EARS noise emiting devices no not work!!
I learnt this the hard way from a trip to the tropical disease centre
in London (they have 100's of different mosquitoes there to study),
after a very humiliating trial (with a high pitch noise emitter and 20
huge African mosquitoes) the professor explained that they cannot hear!
Things You'll Need
- Mosquitoes!
- Buy everything and hope for the best
- A copy of Speakeasy-thai - lots of helpful tips
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