[calgary131]

Hello my friends!

Can anyone provide recommendation on the following items:

Water Purification - Is it required for train/hotel travel? Is Chlorine Dioxide adequat? Is a filter c/w giardia/cryptosporidium the desired approach?

Mosquito Net - Can these be purchased throughout India? Is it recommended to bring one c/w that anti-bug poison in the net?


Thanks for everyone's time & help! Off in 2 days....

Jeff
Canada

[john.sw]

Hi,

Bottled water is available everywhere.

If you are buying bottled water, just check that the screw top is sealed and you'll know that it has not been re-filled with pond water!

Hotels also sell bottled water, and most have a water purifier so that the ice they make is also pure.

Mosquito nets are also readily available in India.

I have one that I bought in the UK, but I have never used it because every place that I have stayed (where mosquitoes are a problem) already have a net over the bed.

Happy travels!  

[cyberhippie]

The nets I've seen in India are not great for traveling, too many hang points. Has that been your experience as well John or did you track down a net with a single hang point, which is much easier to hang whilst on the road.
Whether you have a net at the hotel largely depends on what class of hotel you use, I'm a budget traveller and never see nets in the hotels I use. Medium priced hotels are a mixed bag with some having nets others not. The more expensive hotels can always provide them.

An Goodknight vapourisor also keeps the mozzies at bay.

[john.sw]

I bought Lifesystems nets and one of their first aid kits.

I have never even opened the mosquito net, but I have used the first aid kit, which I keep topped up with dressings and ciprofloxacin, to my mind the best drug to carry when travelling(which I buy in India).


http://www.lifesyste...squito_nets.htm