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does anybody know if you need any vacines when you go to Thailand? I may be going next year.

Exciting!

Seems like recommendations rather than requirements.

For most standard tourists the usual recommended vaccinations for Thailand include cover against the childhood diseases (Tetanus and Diphtheria, Measles, Mumps and Rubella) as well as cover against the food borne diseases of Typhoid and Hepatitis A. For those trekking in the Thai countryside or staying for longer periods then cover against Hepatitis B and Rabies should be considered.

http://www.tmb.ie/destinations/vaccinations-for-thailand

This would normally be 2 injections: DipTet and MMR. Don't know if Typhoid and Hep A are combined, but I don't think so. 4 sticks total then.

{{Are you allowed to wear bustles there? }}

halfwise wrote:Seems like recommendations rather than requirements.

For most standard tourists the usual recommended vaccinations for Thailand include cover against the childhood diseases (Tetanus and Diphtheria, Measles, Mumps and Rubella) as well as cover against the food borne diseases of Typhoid and Hepatitis A. For those trekking in the Thai countryside or staying for longer periods then cover against Hepatitis B and Rabies should be considered.

http://www.tmb.ie/destinations/vaccinations-for-thailand

This would normally be 2 injections: DipTet and MMR.  Don't know if Typhoid and Hep A are combined, but I don't think so.  4 sticks total then.

I already had measles and mumps when I was a kid, so I am hoping I wouldn't catch them again. I will go for the tetanus/dip and typhoid. I wonder if they have malaria? I will be going to Bangkok so maybe its not a problem, I think its only jungly places with malaria. yep If it pans out it will be the furthest I have ever travelled. I wonder if you can get jumbos I have always wanted to fly in one.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{Are you allowed to wear bustles there? }}

only if you don't smuggle budgies under them. I will use it as a mozzy net at night.

Bangkok is supposed to be pretty safe. But if going out in jungle, get the pills. You don't want malaria - I've had it 4 times. If you get it and don't have the drugs it can kill you, but fortunately the drugs are easy to lay hands on.

So....why are you going to Bangkok?

Prolly the most important thing to check is if you can drink the water.

Eldorion wrote:Looking at Tin's most recent posts she made it back from the UK but did not try buckie. Her last post was more than a year ago but a couple Google searches indicate that she's enjoying a fairly successful college golf career.

NB Also, Gandalf's Beard is still working on his Harry Potter fanfic, but I have no idea about yooper since I don't have anything more specific to search for him with.

Never worry. I'm here.

Are you still wading through exams or are you past those now, Blue?

Ten posts too late it seems

Sounds like quite the trip you got planned, Figg

Eldorion wrote:Are you still wading through exams or are you past those now, Blue?

No exams, luckily but I'm to hand in abt 40000 words by the 1st of June, so can't say I'm not busy I've done a substantialt part of that though, but still a fair bit more to do

Glad to hear that the exams are past, anyway. Best of luck with the rest of the writing. Is it a dissertation (or whatever they might have in Fjordlandia)?

It's a year long master thesis. Although, there is an oral part as well, although, not very formal as far as I gather.

Bluebottle wrote:

Eldorion wrote:Are you still wading through exams or are you past those now, Blue?

No exams, luckily but I'm to hand in abt 40000 words by the 1st of June, so can't say I'm not busy I've done a substantialt part of that though, but still a fair bit more to do

and i complain about my secen papers paper and the linguistic one on 1800-2000 words...

You can get to ride an elephant Figgy Id love to do that

I still want to hear the story behind why she's going. Got to be a story.

We haven't heard back from Leelee yet after Hasia's surgery. I hope the absence has nothing to do with bad news.

Your right, lets hope its because Leelee is just busy looking after Hasia & her road to recovery !

halfwise wrote:Bangkok is supposed to be pretty safe.  But if going out in jungle, get the pills.  You don't want malaria - I've had it 4 times.  If you get it and don't have the drugs it can kill you, but fortunately the drugs are easy to lay hands on.

So....why are you going to Bangkok?

don't worry I wont be drinking the water, I tried that once and nearly died of dysentery, and that was in Spain.
I wont be going in any nasty sweaty jungles either. my bustle would wilt.

I am going to study the Art Deco architecture, a lot of 19th century Italians worked for king Rama V.  I will be going to Bangkok and maybe the seaside if I have time. but this is next year when the weather is ok.

What an awesome research project!

That sounds wonderful Figgy so fascinating ! If you do go I hope you have a great time !!

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I just saw how expensive it is to get there.

The least expensive way is probably still to get a cheap flight to Moscow, then take the Trans-Siberian railway to Beijing. Then either continue by train or fly on to Bangkok. If you work the connections right you should be able to do it for under $1000. Plus it's a grand adventure!