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We will be backpacing in late Nov. to middle Dec. Therefore we will be experiencing "jungle" and "dry" roads and paths etc. As we will often be near rivers of…

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Fri, 03 May 2013 01:03:33 +0000

Wow, I never knew about leech socks.
There is even a youtube video about how to put them on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxaLd0Q7X2A

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Fri, 03 May 2013 01:39:49 +0000

And they work. Been bird-watching in SE Asia for 20 years and hardly got zapped since I discovered those.

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Sat, 04 May 2013 18:25:10 +0000

If you are going trekking in Laos in or near forests / jungles you'll find a lot. I was pretty bloodied when I emerged from various walks and treks.

Didn't have a problem with them whatsoever in Cambodia though, even when doing walks "off-piste". Don't even recall seeing one while we were there tbh.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 01:48:37 +0000

A lot of the forests in Cambodia (whats left of them) are dry dipterocarp forests, not a suitable habitat for leeches (and if you wait 5 years, neither Laos nor Cambodia will have any forest left).

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