John Phillips
no longer young
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF 2018
Muxia 2018
CDN 2019
Portuguese May2023
I am planning to start the Camino at the end of August. will there be mosquitoes?
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Mosquitoes?I had been bitten during the night in an albergue, but I was the only pilgrim bitten
Mosquitoes?
Those must have been some uber mosquitoes.I got badly bitten by mosquitos walking to Finisterre two years running. Second time my face was so swollen I could see out of one eye only partly. I carried on and got some anti histamine in the next town. I had been bitten during the night in an albergue, but I was the only pilgrim bitten, they must just like me! I also got bitten two years running on the Primitivo too. Now I always carry anti histamine!
Davey
Those must have been some uber mosquitoes.
I've lived and worked in the American south and in Asia where mosquitoes so thick you can grab handfuls in air. Literally. Never experienced or saw anyone have such a severe reaction as you describe.
Mosquitoes or bedbugs, hmmmm what a choice, at least one of them is polite enough to let you sleep.
Hi...just wondering where you get DEET in a tube and what is the brand name? I respond badly to mosquito bites (and even more so to bed bug bites) so would like to try anything that helps. I don't like mosquito spray and have a liquid form of DEET but the DEET in a tube sounds like it would be easier to apply. My husband and I are off to India next week (I'm sure we could use it there) and then doing the Portuguese Way starting at the end of Aug or very beginning of September/2018. We did the Camino Frances in 2015 and had no problems with mosquito but did run into bedbugs. Thanks for any help.DEET in a tube. Copes with both bedbugs and mosquitos.
You don't say where you are located. If you google "deet lotion", you will find various brands. I also prefer a lotion to the spray.Hi...just wondering where you get DEET in a tube and what is the brand name?
No mosquitos but flies can be a nuisance. They dont bite but they buzz around your ears and face. In areas where they bothered me, I pulled my neck buff up over my nose and ears. Best solution though, and I have never done this on the Camino, is the good old Australian bush hat and corks. Works a treat with Irelands horse fliesI am planning to start the Camino at the end of August. will there be mosquitoes?