mosquito net

Hi,

Panicing a bit bit now reading all the posts regarding lots of mozzies about. I have seen a mosquito net in boots for 20 quid, as i am a bit of a mozzie magnet, and so is the mother inlaw, or do they sell them in baga/arpora/calangute anywhere for cheaper? If they do, could anybody tell me where to get them from and how much.

mosquito net

you can buy them in Mapusa market for 4 or 500rps problem is most hotel rooms have no where to hang em.

mosquito net

You can sleep next to my moosis if you want......shes a mozzie magnet too.........lol

Buy a plug in repelant when you get there. I used the old Jungle formula - but it stinks.

Try the local brands with Deit - worked well and without that horrid smell.

YEP, plug in repellant machines are the way to go for your room. i usually put two in. plug em in from about 5 o%26#39;clock pm till morning. never been bitten in the room, that i know of anyway.

BOB

Millsey,

There was a recent thread about this in the Kovalam forum. You may want to do a search there.

The Aedes mosquito (Dengue / Chikunguniya) tend to bite when you are out of bed, so nets will not help and you must use repellant anyway.

I have not seen the nets in Goa, but they are unlikely to be different from those available elsewhere in India. The net sizes are often not standard, there is nowhere to hang them in most cases as someone else has noted, they feel stuffy under if you are using a ceiling fan, since the breeze gets cut off. They need to be tucked in under the bed - edges sometimes work loose and mosquitoes move in and that is terrible.

I had at one time checked out a net at Black%26#39;s - much superior to the ones readily available in India. Do not know whether the Boots one is similar.

Plug - ins is what I would recommend as others have done - brand ALL OUT with liquid repellant in it.

';good knight'; are the brand i buy in goa. can%26#39;t fault them.

BOB

Thanks everyone,

Save me 20 quid anyway. Plugins it will be then and plenty of smelly repellant.

Oh what fuss just to go on holiday eh?

We also spray the room before we go out at night.....

Make sure you also keep the bathroom door closed during the evening and night as the windows are usually louver ones in there and they get in. Buy your electric mossie killers and liquid or tablets there as they are pennies and fit the plugs much better.

good advice dragonfli, cost for a plugin in goa, about 45 rupees. sooooo cheap. just buy them on your first day there. available all over the place.

BOB