Comments on: Keeping up-to-date with Hepatitis Vaccination in India

By: jeremy widdup

jeremy widdup — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:35:16 +0000

Thanks Chris – Good point about the side effects being serious – When you hear all the stuff you should do – it would stop anyone in their journey.

Quick further question: I’m running an online business while I travel using live videocast – Is there enough bandwidth outside of capital cities (0.5Mbps – upstream) if I look hard enough?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:16:24 +0000

Hi Jeremy Widdup, if you only travel for a short time, nothing speaks against Malaria tablets. But if you stay in an area for many months or even years, I would recommend against it, due to the serious side effects of those strong medicines alone. A better and also cheaper way is preventing to get bitten by mosquitoes. Most Malaria cases happen anyway in the poorer population, who have no money or knowledge where its coming from, thus not using mosquito spray, nets or creme to prevent being bitten.

I’m no doctor though and I know, that my opinion is controversial for this topic, but I simply don’t see a point stuffing medicine with heavy side-effects into my body for a long period of time.

Regarding vaccinations, I can’t comment on the area and type of vaccinations you should take, here I would rely on the information of your tropical institute of your home country and its recommended vaccinations.

Have a nice trip!

By: jeremy widdup

jeremy widdup — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:03:44 +0000

Hi Chris – I am just making arrangement to travel to Goa 6 months and then Philippines / Indonesia for same amount of time.

– I am getting Hepetitus (A & B) injections – The health centre here in UK also recommend I have Rabies & Japanees encephalitis Vaccination….are these necessary (did you have any)?

Also I read your point about malaria tablets – And not possible for you to take them for years – Is this because it becomes very expensive or is it some other reason?

– The health centre recommended that I take malaria tablets every day while I’m away, but I was not convinced that this is practicle especially after I found the price to be very expensive. What are your thoughts on the risks?

Thanks & keep up the great blog!

Jeremy

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:41:50 +0000

Yup, I found a lot of things there can be had cheaper than in the tourist belt around Calangute. Bought a helmet there for only Rs 200 and tried 2 restaurants, same good quality, but the costs maybe only a third. Nice! And the hospital was good, quick and very effective. What more to ask?

Besides its closer proximity, Mapusa appears a bit too rundown for my taste, I prefer the capital Panaji, what a charming city! And they have a cinema, just watched ‘Quantum of Solace’ there.

Anyway – both are nice to explore via motor scooter, so yeah, it’s definitely worth to see some of the hinterland of Goa as well.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:31:28 +0000

HELLO, glad you.ve found your way to Mapusa (pronounced Mapsa, nice and easy to say, no doubt you.ve found out). Its the nearest thing to a capital town in North Goa, thousands and thousands of tourists have never heard of it, never mind travelled to it. But its only about half hours travel on a motor scooter from the coast/ Its worth going just for the market if nothing else. The hospital;? I know where it is but I must admit i.ve never considered any vacinations there, I have always had them in the U.K. or taken, I suppose, a chance. I.m not particularly proud of that. Mike