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cynthrod

Mar 9, 2011, 9:01 AM

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Mosquitoes?

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I'll arrive in Oaxaca next week...and I'm wondering if mosquitoes and/or flies are a problem and during which months?
Should I bring fly dope?
Thanks,
Cynthia R.

Vichil

Mar 9, 2011, 9:32 AM

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Re: [cynthrod] Mosquitoes?

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I do not know if flies are a problem in the city or not but they are in the country.
I do not know how many fiestas I have been to where you eat with your right hand and wave the flies with the left. The fiesta when the problem was the worst were in May and June, I do not remember seeing so many in July or December but maybe I got used to them.
We never had a problem in the city but I will defer to someone who lives there and can tell you more about it.
In the country we slept with all the doors open and we had some mosquitoes but nothing really bad. Mosquitoe screens and fans could take care of them.
You are overthinking all the problems. Take care of them as they occur. If there is a problem it will be a problem for everyone and there will be ways of dealing with them. Oaxaca is not the end at the end of the earth.

cynthrod

Mar 9, 2011, 10:42 AM

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Re: [Vichil] Mosquitoes?

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good points... thanks...
cr

La Isla

Mar 9, 2011, 11:10 AM

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You are overthinking all the problems. Take care of them as they occur. If there is a problem it will be a problem for everyone and there will be ways of dealing with them.

Vichil's advice to cynthrod is good advice for anyone thinking of moving to Mexico and even for those of us who have been here for awhile. Overthinking a potential problem is a way of trying to control your circumstances, which is understandable when moving to a new country, but in Mexico it can lead to unnecessary anxiety and not necessarily to a solution.

chicois8

Mar 9, 2011, 2:11 PM

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Re: [cynthrod] Mosquitoes?

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Educate me, I have tried many things in my life but never used "fly dope"

what is it?

cynthrod

Mar 9, 2011, 3:39 PM

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Re: [chicois8] Mosquitoes?

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Hi,
Fly dope is bug repellent... not sure of the origin of the name, but outdoorsmen and -women call repellent "fly dope"... got the name from my father, an ardent fly fisherman...
Best,
Cynthia R.

joaquinx

Mar 9, 2011, 4:36 PM

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Re: [cynthrod] Mosquitoes?

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Sounds like Off! which contains DEET. Any percentage of Off! will work but the higher the percentage the longer it will last before you have to re-apply.