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RE: Health isuues in Tanjung Pinang (Pulau Bintan)

by curlako 04 April 2012

I prefer mosquito netting rather than repellents.... If you use DEET, go for the low concentrations....there are some good ones sold in…
Re: Health isuues in Tanjung Pinang (Pulau Bintan)

by jc3 04 April 2012

OK. Does the DEET-based repellent work best there? Or is the natural (Picaridin) repellent a better choice?
RE: Health isuues in Tanjung Pinang (Pulau Bintan)

by curlako 03 April 2012

Malaria is not the problem but hordes of mosquitoes ARE. Singapore not so...
Health isuues in Tanjung Pinang (Pulau Bintan)

by jc3 03 April 2012

From WikiTravel: "Tanjung Pinang today is a sprawling Indonesian town, with mosquitoes and rats running under stilt houses on the coast…
Re: Singapore to Java by boat?

by galumph 21 April 2011

Thanks a lot for the replies! (I've been away from easy internet access since posting that question, but am now in a nice air-conditioned…
RE: Pulau Bintan

by bonek 27 May 2010

Not really worth the effort unless you're a wealthy Singaporean on a golfing weekend in one of the five star resorts at Lagoi...
Where is good to stay in Batam?

by chezal 06 March 2009

Hi, I've travelled through Batam a number of times on visa trips but have never stayed there. I've only seen the ferry port and the airpor…
Where in Batam is nice to stay?

by chezal 06 March 2009

Hi, I've travelled through Batam a number of times on visa trips but have never stayed there. I've only seen the ferry port and the airpor…
questions about Bintan

by bukanbasabasi 31 January 2007

I did something similar as the OP about 3 years ago on the way back to Australia from Bangladesh, stopped off in Singapore and took the…