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Yeah, I know...I spent 6 months in Patuca, Ecuador and had several trips every few weeks between Ecuador, Peru and Panama. I was joking a little, but I have put it on my legs with no ill-effect, but it's not something you want to do on regular basis. I'm jealous about your trips and want to go on one down there...it's a beautiful area and we did a modified "jungle survival" school from the cadre in the Ecuadorian training camp we co-habitated with. I've also been lucky in the outdoors/field...when everybody else got bee stings, spider bites, chiggers, ticks or ant bites, I've always been relatively unscathed. But...I really am impressed at how well Permethrin repels critters!
ROCK6
)...That's interesting Bear? Permethrin may have caused a reaction and even a highlighted you as a target (something different must me good to eat
). We slept in big tents with a wood floor...we also had several tarantulas as visitors, but the biggest problem was bats with rabies (slept on cots with a mosquito net). Worst fear was malaria (we had one NCO come down with it and it put him out of commission for a few months...had to evac him back to Panama). The jungle is full of bugs and if you sit around long enough, some of them will think you're lunch. We followed a bunch of kids up a small river (no trail) to a swimming hole...and they were barefoot
I'll stick to jungle boots or my Chaco sandals thank you very much! Still, if I had a choice of South America or Europe, it would be South American hands down! My wife want to go to Peru and hike into the Machu Picchu ruins...it's on our 5-year vacation calendar...
