I lived in Panama three years, have been to Costa Rica three times and
Belize once, and I never really had a problem with insects until this last
trip to Belize (Hopkins Village). And, it wasn't with mosquitoes--it was
flies! The last night we were there I kept getting bit while we were eating
at an outside patio type restaurant. If that had been the end of it, I
wouldn't have minded. But, after returning home to the States, the bites
would never heal and kept oozing serum. In short, they were botflies--and
they are horribly painful as they develop in your body, and just plain gross
to think about. The one on my ankle was chewing on what must have been a
nerve, because I would nearly black out with pain. It took a month or two
to get the larvae out, and I've got a couple of scars from the ordeal. I
had three bites in all. Moral of the story: use plenty of insect repellant.
And, no, that experience will not deter me from going on further adventures!
Jane
"Gary Webster" wrote in message
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> My husband and I and another couple just got back from our 4th trip to
Costa
> Rica, mainly beaches. We got eaten alive, the other couple hardly got any
> bites. We used the same repellant with DEETS.
> Why were we so tastey and what can we do to avoid this happening again.
> Thanks.
> Pura Vida,
> G
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