Insect repellent?
invalid...@reply.to.newsgroup.com
I don't know if this is a daft question but here goes: in some holiday
destinations it is necessary to spray yourself, your room, etc. at
night with insect repellent to prevent flying things from biting you.
Is this necessary in Gib or can I make my suitcase lighter by eaving
it out?
Thanks.
Jim Watt
Its not needed. There are not that many insects as many of
the obnoxious ones require fresh stagnant water to breed
and the sewere are full of salt water which is not to their
taste.
If you find you need it you could of course buy something, as
I think you are not supposed to transport aerosols by air anyway.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com
Ken
"Jim Watt" <jim...@aol.no_way> wrote in message
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There is no nasty bug problem in Gib. As Jim says they need stagnant water,
and there's none of that in Gib. Of course, an insect does not have to carry
disease to be annoying and at time you might be visited by something which
though not unhealthy you may wish were not around. I seem to recall being
able to buy from many holiday accessory outlets in the UK a plug-in device
which was in effect a small heater. On it you would place a tablet which
would be vapourised by this heater to give and insecticide atmosphere within
the room, and I found these v effective when travelling to Greece. Note that
these were sold invariably with am EU 2 round pin plug which you'd need a
converter for if you wished to use these (or anything else which had such a
plug) in Gib as the standard mains outlet is a 3-pin 13A (BS1363) socket as
is typical in the UK and (curiously) Seychelles.
Ken
zii kell
that happens about twice a year. Absolutly no need for insect repellent
whatsoever.
invalid...@reply.to.newsgroup.com
wrote:
>There is no nasty bug problem in Gib. As Jim says they need stagnant water,
>and there's none of that in Gib. Of course, an insect does not have to carry
>disease to be annoying and at time you might be visited by something which
>though not unhealthy you may wish were not around.
Thanks for the replies. You have hit the nail on the head: I was
thinking more about itchy and inconvenient bites rather than anything
malarious.
>I seem to recall being
>able to buy from many holiday accessory outlets in the UK a plug-in device
>which was in effect a small heater. On it you would place a tablet which
>would be vapourised by this heater to give and insecticide atmosphere within
>the room, and I found these v effective when travelling to Greece. Note that
>these were sold invariably with am EU 2 round pin plug which you'd need a
>converter for if you wished to use these
Like you, I bought one of these for a Greek holiday but I shan't bring
it if you think I won't need it. Of course, they only protect your
room, which is no help if you go out to walk to a restaurant etc. I
have never seen one with a "proper" plug; I guess it's because most
places where you need to use them use the two pin plug system.
Ken
<invalid...@reply.to.newsgroup.com> wrote in message
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It would be foolish to claim you'd NEVER get ANY form of insect bite in Gib.
Of course yuo can. However, as you rightly say, there is nothing for which
you need take any medication for. You may get the occasional pesky thing,
but nothing serious and indeed, if it protects your room it certainly will
do nothing for you in a restaurant. The at first most unlikely places to be
severly hit by midges are of course Scotland and Canada - places where (in
the wilderness areas) there are vast amounts of still water. One most
effective and completely harmless maner of avoiding the usual midge / mozzie
bite when asleep and uncovered in the heat is to leave a fan on in the room.
These bugs home in on their victim by flying down the upward-going thermal
created by body heat. A fan churning up these air currents gives them no
thermal reference down which to descend onto your skin..
Ken
Stephen
wrote:
> One most
>effective and completely harmless maner of avoiding the usual midge / mozzie
>bite when asleep and uncovered in the heat is to leave a fan on in the room.
>These bugs home in on their victim by flying down the upward-going thermal
>created by body heat. A fan churning up these air currents gives them no
>thermal reference down which to descend onto your skin..
I never knew that.
BTW, I have returned without any bites you will be pleased to know.
On an almost related note, whilst walking through the gardens to get
from the Rock Hotel to the Cable Car, I saw a small black snake. Do
these bite and are they poisonous? What types of snake live in Gib?
Ken
"Stephen" <invalid...@reply.to.newsgroup.com> wrote in message
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I am aware of grass snakes and adders in Gib, and have seen both. But that
is the extent of my knowledge on this issue.
Ken