In less thoughtful news...

[juliet]

...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?

Comments

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

I get lumps like this with UK mossies (the bastards). I think antihistamines should help.

I've also been told that not eating bananas makes you less tasty to them. No idea if this works!

[juliet]

Butbutbut the hostel provides free banananananas!

I have AH cream but it doesn't help much - tablets may be worth a go.