Teaching in Thailand

The only down side to traveling a hot, beautiful foreign country has to be those mosquitos. Most people take all the precautions before traveling, but after seeing the prices for the injections and tablets, I thought I’d risk it.

First few months were horrible. I was bitten alive and its not the sight of the bites that annoy me the most its the constant itch. Even sleeping in my air con room with no window I zipped myself in a mosquito tent to big for my room, stinking of deet. 

So I have two tips for you. 

1. I started taking VITAMIN B tablets. I got a pot of 60 tablets and had one each morning for two months. By the end, it truly helped and I would go out without lagging myself in mosquito (also men) repellent. ;)

Basically taking the tablets for a while puts a scent in your skin that repels the mosquitos. Don’t panic if after a week your still getting bitten. Like all things, it will take a while for the vitamin to be in your body. I only used this method for two months and started seeing results after the first month and for a few weeks after I stopped taking the tablets.

It really worked and they are low cost. - Try it!

2. Coming to Thailand I stocked up on ‘Jungle Fever’ mosquito spray but its not cheap and it goes pretty quick. So when the last of it ran out and the plug- in officially had no scent I had to try the Thai lotions.

The small bottles you get at 7/11 for 50 Baht are seriously rubbish. They are cheap for a reason.

The thing I swear by is TIGER BALM. Its amazing. It smells good, and you can use it for anything. Its a handy little tip to know. You can use it as a repellant and for your bites, it stops the itching and helps to heal it. 

Hope this helps, let me know what you think. :)