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RE: Living abroad with little to no health or property insurance – how to manage this and is it wise?

in #travel7 years ago

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

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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.