Comments on: hazards of the rainy season

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:10:22 +0000

I believe Dengue is carried by a mosquito that bites during the day. It is a black and white mosquito.

By: YeahDogg

YeahDogg — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:29:22 +0000

I don't think so marco American super patriots feel the need to go anywheres Foreign other than perhaps Texas. No, that's not me. And, I've never been to Texas… I'm also not too comfortable with the term gringo, the term implies cultural cluelessness and insensitivity. I have been to a few places round the globe and consider myself to be a bit of a savvy traveler. Indeed, on this trip my intention is to find a place to permanently hang my hat out side the USA. I am in fact quite sick of the Bullshit. Panama is just the first stop on a year long South American walkabout.. In the end I hope to find my little slice of heaven, whether it will be Panama or Chile, Brazil, Nicaragua, or some other Latin American location I cannot tell, but where ever I end up, I will be working hard to not get bit by snakes, infected by bugs, or come up with some life threatening, Latin American coochie clap. All my stuff is working fairly good so far…… I Aims to keep it that way!

YeahDogg

By: marcopolo

marcopolo — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:45:29 +0000

YeahDogg

i spend 4-5 months here at various times. if u are in panama city you don't need shit. if you go to the islands or the hinterlands, bug spray works. this is a great country. it has it's assholes and it's angels like everywhere else. but if u r a girngo who is sick of the buillshit, this is the place to be. if you are a superpatriot amerikan who wants to kill all the terrists then do us a favor and stay home — or better yet.. sign up for iraq or iran…

By: cojito

cojito — Thu, 24 May 2007 13:18:33 +0000

yeahdogg – "extra special" bugs? well, in panama i've seen cockroaches the size of house cats. but really, i get bitten more by green heads, ticks, and mosquitoes on cape cod. i must loose at least a pint of blood when i go back every summer.

that said, sept is the rainy season in panama. the means the bugs are bigger, juicier. malaria, and dengue are problems in the rainy season. if you're going to be hiking (or camping) rural areas, or the rainforest, you might want to bring some repellent, and mosquito netting.

i never use the stuff. except for some nasty tico fire ants, i've never been bitten by bugs in panama or costa rica. but right now i'm in the city, and i don't spend much time in the wild during the rainy season.

really, i wouldn't over-think this. you just can't worry about it. and you'll probably get bitten by a venomous snake, or catch an std from a hooker anyway.

By: YeahDogg

YeahDogg — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:03:20 +0000

Hey!…my travel partner and I will be journeying to Panama for the first time in Sept. we will be doing a tour of South Am. starting in Panama. So listen, does bug repellent work or no?…… I don't normally get bit by bugs…Not sure why… But, after hearing all the bug bite stories and all the nasty illnesses you can catch from the little critters… I was planning to bring a shit load of bug repellent and the most toxic bug killer spray I can find…. I have heard no one speak of using these things…does that mean that its a wast of time?… are these bugs extra special and the only way you can keep them off you is to shoot them or us a blow torch?

YeahDogg

By: marcopolo

marcopolo — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:13:30 +0000

hat eto be the bearer of gad news but i have a friend here who got dengue this march and she lives in the city. she got treatment and is fine.

By: vieja

vieja — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:32:58 +0000

I got dengue while in the country. Since I thought mosquitos did not bite me I went hunting for some mango calidad in the bush one morning. I hear I had a mild case compared to some.

By: Raul

Raul — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:46:11 +0000

Vieja,

Did you get the dengue while in the city or the country?

Sounds horrible.