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In less thoughtful news...
...Hanoi has mosquitos, and I have bites, and they ITCH LIKE MAD. I have now broken the skin on 3 of them, which reduces the itching but increases the likelihood of them getting infected (I know, I know, but I have no self-control[0]). I will start applying Deet more reliably, but it is sticky and unpleasant.
Whinge moan complain. Hanoi still quite nice though; off to Saigon tomorrow evening. Today it was HOT & actually sunny. At least long linen skirt is a) surprisingly cool & b) reduces skin area available to biting things.
[0] Actually: is it normal for mosquito bites to come up in enormous lumps and continue itching like crazy for 3-4 days OR until you actually break the skin & squeeze the clear liquid stuff out? (This does work but I am aware, as above, that it is naughty.) In other words: am I just being a wuss with no self-control or am I reacting more than average?
Whinge moan complain. Hanoi still quite nice though; off to Saigon tomorrow evening. Today it was HOT & actually sunny. At least long linen skirt is a) surprisingly cool & b) reduces skin area available to biting things.
[0] Actually: is it normal for mosquito bites to come up in enormous lumps and continue itching like crazy for 3-4 days OR until you actually break the skin & squeeze the clear liquid stuff out? (This does work but I am aware, as above, that it is naughty.) In other words: am I just being a wuss with no self-control or am I reacting more than average?
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In Peru I eventually got into a routine of nasty DEET stickiness topped up regularly and not having any exposed skin whatsoever at night-time or around trees or water. (This was trickier than you'd think, what with the whole having-lost-my-baggage thing. There are literally no light long-sleeved women's tops in the Amazon Basin. I eventually found a bunch of long-sleeve skater tops for boys and bought several of them.) On my last night in Peru someone told me about the antihistamines trick. Sigh.