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RE: Living abroad with little to no health or property insurance – how to manage this and is it wise?
Great post, again. I never considered a rabies shot. That’s it though hu, if a couple of Americans were headed to Central America for a couple years, you’d recommend a yellow fever and a rabies shot?
Great pose, by the way, Weiner dog!
Yep we had both. They were quite expensive. We had them before we travelled to Belize in Feb. Now Belize is not exactly a risk for Yellow Fever - but any third world country is definitely a risk for rabies. The shot only protects you if you get bitten to allow you time to get urgent medical treatment - which you will still need - it buys you some hours. Rabies does kill. I didn't realise that. And there I was in Thailand in January randomly patting the stray dogs like a total numbnut - one looked like Benji - turned out to be Cujo. Found out more about rabies - its worth getting the shots. We came here with four animals - all had rabies shots and the killer dachshund had leptospiros as well. Yellow Fever vax is definitely worth it for Central America - if you get it it will kill you. That said, we will all probably get malaria - so travel with your bug spray and your doxycillin. And you are good to go
It’s a pleasure to have met you by the way. We’ll be hitting Indonesia, Thailand, a couple other spots and eventually to Central America. I’m glad I got a ‘hook up!’
And congratulations on the reward on this article, well deserved. I’m going to try to get you some more.