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    Re: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by deimosp 05 October 2011

    > {quote:title=enroutesiglo wrote:}{quote} > #4 and #5, did you both follow the CDC vaccination recommendations to the letter on your…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by SoloHobo 05 October 2011

    Lets be clear though, Markharf rode a motorcycle all over Central America and South America.... Malaria risk zones in Central America…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by markharf 05 October 2011

    All but rabies....and you forgot meningitis, yellow fever and yearly influenza. This is not unusual. In fact, of the ones you list,…

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    Re: BACKPACKS

    by estebandepraga 05 October 2011

    Hi I am in Central America now and just bought a 65ltr osprey porter 65 backpack i love it its large enought but not too big its fits…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by enroutesiglo 04 October 2011

    So you're saying you took typhoid, hep a, hep b, malaria, rabies (obviously), tetanus (of course), MMR, etc. vaccinations? All of them?…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by markharf 04 October 2011

    Why yes, in fact I did: repeatedly, each time I've been to or through Central America. I've had malaria twice already, and I've got no…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by enroutesiglo 04 October 2011

    #4 and #5, did you both follow the CDC vaccination recommendations to the letter on your trips to Central America? Honestly now? I'm gonna…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by markharf 04 October 2011

    The willingness of some posters to take advice from unknown, unknowable fellow posters (c.f., above) instead of from known, research-based,…

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    Re: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by deimosp 04 October 2011

    > {quote:title=enroutesiglo wrote:}{quote} > How about the "no problem" because basically zero tourists or visitors have gotten malaria…

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    Panama City 3 days

    by josearo 04 October 2011

    Hi, We are tarvelling with the family for 3 days in Panama City for New years vacations and it is our first time in Central America.…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by enroutesiglo 04 October 2011

    +or get the "no problem" because I didn't catch anything+ How about the "no problem" because basically zero tourists or visitors have…

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    RE: Solo traveler looking to relax in Central America

    by hopefulist 04 October 2011

    Other interests? Cultural diversity, snorkeling, diving, hiking, caving, Maya ruins? Those are my main interests so we've loved Belize…

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    RE: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by SoloHobo 04 October 2011

    You cant lump the entire region into yes or no, anymore than you can lump an entire country into a yes or no. There is no risk of Malaria…

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    RE: Surfing in Nicaragua

    by monrichards 04 October 2011

    Thanks for this info. It sounds like you would recommend a vacation in Costa Rica over Nicaragua? I have heard that CR is expensive compa…

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    Re: Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by deimosp 04 October 2011

    As you say, some doctors might not have the most recent guidance (as things are continually changing) - although I would hope a decent…

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    Current Malaria problem in Central America.

    by ameliajenner 04 October 2011

    Hi Can anyone tell me what the current malaria situation is in Central America. I am planning on going to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragu…

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    RE: Solo traveler looking to relax in Central America

    by SoloHobo 04 October 2011

    You want a beach setting? Costa Rica: Pt Viejo Mal Pais Tamarindo Good nightlife and cuisine- Antigua or Attilan lake area, G …

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    Re: getting worked up

    by IncaKola 04 October 2011

    Happy to read you have been focusing almost one year on Peru, I've been doing it the past two decades, every single day and I'm glad I…

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    RE: What regions or countries you don't plan to visit?

    by siehun 04 October 2011

    There's no country on earth I wouldn't visit under any circumstances (like if fifty years down the road I've been everywhere I want to…

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    RE: STA travel 'Hop on Hop off' bus, has anyone done this in Central America?

    by frankiejen 04 October 2011

    wow thankyou soo much to everyone who has replied, and helped me so much! that has definitely helped my decision to not book the STA bus!…

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    RE: Looking for people in Central America (Nicaragua) who are heading down

    by SoloHobo 04 October 2011

    Your best bet this time of year, due to height of rainy season in CR/Panama, is to head to Pt Viejo on the caribe side, and also Bocas…

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    Tikal routing

    by slaxaphonic 03 October 2011

    We have chosen Nicaragua and Guatemala as our focus on our one month trip to Central America. One of the destinations that we'd like…

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    Looking for people in Central America (Nicaragua) who are heading down

    by Peted09 03 October 2011

    Hey my name is Pete and this is my first post, I am currently in Leon in Nicaragua and I'm looking for people that are currently around…

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