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Q. I am planning a big adventure in scotland for at least 2 months, wild camping, surviving of the land.
My main worry are ticks, how do i prevent from getting attacked, will they attack me in my tent, while walking on flat grass? just need abit of info on this subject please thanks guys.
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Are you referring to the Great Scottish Midge? Midgeus Bitteus Extremis var Scotii?
First, stay away from water...lochs,rivers and streams, swampy marshy claddaghs, etc.
Second, go outside only when there is a high wind. Midges can't fly in that so they hide away all cozy where they can breathe.
Second and a half, only go out in bright light, preferably Glorious Scottish Sunshine cos the blighters really like evenings and nights better than bright stuff because all blood-sucking vampires do that anyway....it's only natural.
Third, buy a midge net or three to cover the places like faces that normal clothing doesn't cover
Fourth, buy Deet or similar sprays and spray everything but it's harmful on skin so take care.
Also Fourth, buy a big pack of mosquito coils, commonly called Elephant coils which you wouldn't know quite likely cos they're mostly commonly called that in Malaysia and Singapore cos the major brand of them there is 'Elephant Brand' and fishing by a river without them in the evening is a soddin' nightmare....
When you sit down for a rest or a go at the Glorious Scottish Rainbow Trout and Salmon beside a beautiful Scottish loch or river in the evening, light a couple of coils and they'll smoulder away for six hours or so unless you got cheapies which last an hour if you're lucky, and the fumes will deter midgy stuff and most other small flying things.
If you want to put one out....extinguish it, not put it out by the back door out of the way cos you won't have one there unless you've got a really posh tent....just break the smouldering end off.
Fifth, buy a sleeping bag with legs and arms and keep it on continuously with a well fitted crash helmet with a full visor, a thick scarf wrapped round your neck to seal the gap, and thick leather gloves on your hands, trousers tucked into the outer pair of socks and the join covered with well fitted gaiters, and go in winter so you stay cool enough.
Just don't drink anything. It's a bit inconvenient that way.....and later on.
If you mean ticks as in grass type ticks that live on grass, well that's one reason for the traditional arrangement of socks and boots used by walkers on the hills and far away.
Cover all exposed skin when walking in long grass and get the wrists and neck sealed well.
Wear short thick woolen socks over long 60% cotton 35% wool 5% Elastane or similar walking socks.
Roll the short woolen socks over the top of your boots to seal the gap.
Tuck the trousers neatly into the long socks, one bit of trouser each side so there are two pleats evenly spaced, one on each side, not one one side and none the other side which looks totally stupid.
Put on a pair of lightweight or heavyweight hopefully breathable waterproof gaitors for added protection.
All sealed up and tick-proofed. Jumping spider proofed. Snake bite proofed for desert and jungle walkies.
Wind proofed and even wet water splash proofed for jumping over streams and tramping through deep puddles but they won't save you from sinking up to your neck into black holes on Rannoch so take care.
Good at what they do though.
Proper professional job. Turn up to a village rambling club and watch the horrified faces.
Oh nooooo....a real one...what on Earth will he think of us.....oohh,grief.
It's happened....quite a few times...hahahaha
If you meet a wild haggis in full battle regalia it's fair game.....use anything at hand.
You'll need it.
All the others cannot be shot on a Sunday and must be treated as honorary guests at the dining table.
Have a great time.
Was the Vietnamese refugee camp in Pulau Besar or in Pulau Tengah?
Minja
As a child, my family was in the Vietnames refugee camp during 1978-79. I always remembered it to be Pulau Besar but based on recent Google searches, I now have some doubt that it might have been Pulau Tengah. Does anyone know for sure?
I would like to revisit that beautiful island. Has anyone been there?
As a child, my family was in the Vietnamese refugee camp during 1978-79. I always remembered it to be Pulau Besar but based on recent Google searches, I now have some doubt that it might have been Pulau Tengah. Does anyone know for sure?
I would like to revisit that beautiful island. Has anyone been there?
It definitely wasn't Pulau Bidong, which became a much larger Refugee camp soon after I arrived at Besar/Tengah. My father escaped later from Vietnam and he was housed at Bidong.
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i am sorry i dont know the answer - i wasnt even born yet.
just dropping by to say i appreciate your thoughts about this place. my colleague who happened to be a vietnamese refugee in Malaysia after she was born does not even want to know anything about malaysia. i also have a group of vietnamese friends who were once refugees in indonesia and they are always not at ease when we mentioned the camp or even the country names. i guess i can understand the feelings they have... thats why i am just dropping by to say...mmm i will try to ask around if anyone knows which island it was.
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