Nous partons le 12 juillet pour Kuala Lumpur et à partir du 15, nous avons pris nos billets pour Bornéo (Kuching, Kota Kinabulu et Semporna).
Nous nous chercherons des petites chambres dans des guest housse pas trop chères et justement, pensez-vous que nous aurons besoin d'emmener nos duvets ? ou bien une moustiquaire et un ensemble de coton nous suffiront ?
Avez-vous des conseils à nous donner ? nous avons rdv mardi prochain chez le médecin pour des médocs pour la diarrhé ou intox alimentaire pour que ce que j'ai eu en inde ne se renouvelle pas ou pas trop (j'ai cru que j'allais claquer sur place... wouaaah) et pour le palu et mise au point des vaccins ; nous partons cet après-midi chercher lampe à dynamo, moustiquaire, anti moustisque etc...
Avez-vous d'autres idées ?
Merci à tous,
lili
Aller... là où le vent m'emportera... mais pourvu qu'il m'emporte....
Faut pas comparer Inde et Malaisie!
La moustiquaire, sauf si tu dors à la belle étoile, tu n'en auras pas besoin...
Le sac à viande en coton (pas de duvet, sauf en altitude et encore...), si ta bourse te permet de ne pas choisir les guesthouses les plus crades, ou si tu fais uncle Tan, tu n'en auras pas besoin non plus.
Et puis tu trouves tout sur place, même à Bornéo!😉
On est resté 10 jours dans les environs de Kuching l'an dernier, dont 2 dans le parc de Bako et 1 dans celui de Kuba. On avait pris en prévention du palu un traitement de Malarone (cher c'est vrai, mais il y a une pharmacie à Paris qui la vend 50% moins cher que les prix habituellement pratiqués). Pour les vaccins, les classiques DT polio, et aussi hépatite A et thypoide pour être tranquilles, avec ça tu es paré.
Sinon pour l'équipement : le sac à viande nous a bien servi pour la nuit à Bako (on a dormi dans les bungalows du parc, c'était moyen propre niveau literie), une lampe frontale par personne c'est pratique, surtout quand il y a coupure de courant le soir de l'antimoustique acheté sur place, mais honnetement, ça n'a pas marché sur moi, alros que sur mon copain si (les bebetes m'adorent malgré le répulsif...) un gel antibactérien pour se laver les mains sans eau, ça fait office de désinfectant d'urgence aussi
au parc de Kubah, il y a des sangsues qui s'étaient bien régalées sur moi, mais je ne crois pas qu'il existe qq chose contre ça, en tout cas pour les empêcher de te piquer. Il me semble qu'il existe des guêtres anti-sangsues, mais comme j'avais été aussi piquée sur les bras et les cuisses, ça ne doit pas suffire. C'est impressionnant parce que ça saigne beaucoup pour une si petite piqure, mais c'est pas grave du tout, un coup de gel antibactérien et hop! tu repars tout guilleret.
Salut!
Nous sommes allés en Malaisie 10 semaines avec nos deux filles!
Aucun médicament anti palu n'est nécessaire, il y a du palu qu'au Kilabi highland, IL N'Y EN A PAS AILLEURS!
Ca sert à rien de s'empoisonner!
Il y a tout sur place en tant que médoc et moins cher !
On a tout mangé, et même l'eau est potable partout !
C'est vrai qu'à des endroits, elle est moins bonne au gout, comme en France!
La Malaisie est très moderne et l'hygiène n'est pas comparable à l'inde, rien à voir!
Le top c'est les pharmacies chinoises, un chinois de Kutching à soigné l'eczéma de ma fille !
Pour les vaccins c'est pareil pas besoin de la typhoïde et de l'hépatite A !
Pareil pas besoin de sac de couchage mais le sac à viande, super!
Voyager le plus léger possible c'est ça voyager en santé, c'est bon pour le dos, pour l'esprit et il y a de la place pour des souvenirs!
Bon voyage
GLAC
Vivre est très rare dans ce monde , la plupart des gens se contente d'exister!
Salut!
Nous sommes allés en Malaisie 10 semaines avec nos deux filles!
Aucun médicament anti palu n'est nécessaire, il y a du palu qu'au Kilabi highland, IL N'Y EN A PAS AILLEURS!
Ca sert à rien de s'empoisonner!
Il y a tout sur place en tant que médoc et moins cher !
On a tout mangé, et même l'eau est potable partout !
C'est vrai qu'à des endroits, elle est moins bonne au gout, comme en France!
La Malaisie est très moderne et l'hygiène n'est pas comparable à l'inde, rien à voir!
Le top c'est les pharmacies chinoises, un chinois de Kutching à soigné l'eczéma de ma fille !
Pour les vaccins c'est pareil pas besoin de la typhoïde et de l'hépatite A !
Pareil pas besoin de sac de couchage mais le sac à viande, super!
Voyager le plus léger possible c'est ça voyager en santé, c'est bon pour le dos, pour l'esprit et il y a de la place pour des souvenirs!
Bon voyage
GLAC
Bah a priori, tout le monde tient quasiment le même discours donc nous allons poursuivre ce chemin... nous ne sommes pas fan de médoc et souhaitons plutôt partir cool sans faire n'importe quoi non plus. En tout cas merci beaucoup pour ta réponse, biz Lili
Aller... là où le vent m'emportera... mais pourvu qu'il m'emporte....
C'est vrai qu'on imagine toujours Bornéo comme la jungle de chez jungle alors comme je suis passionnée de voyage, je veux être prudente et ne pas faire n'importe quoi sans pour autant être parano... loin de là... seulement emmener ce qu'il faut. En Inde, j'ai acheté un super duvet dont je ne me suis jamais servi car il faisait tellement chaud qu'on dormait au dessus des draps....
Merci pour ton message,
Lili
Faut pas comparer Inde et Malaisie!
La moustiquaire, sauf si tu dors à la belle étoile, tu n'en auras pas besoin...
Le sac à viande en coton (pas de duvet, sauf en altitude et encore...), si ta bourse te permet de ne pas choisir les guesthouses les plus crades, ou si tu fais uncle Tan, tu n'en auras pas besoin non plus.
Et puis tu trouves tout sur place, même à Bornéo!😉
Aller... là où le vent m'emportera... mais pourvu qu'il m'emporte....
OK bah globalement c'est ce que me dit tout le monde... c'est le même discours... bon bah c'est pas mal alors... on s'est seulement acheté des couvertures de survie au cas où on partirait en vadrouille ....
Merci beaucoup
Lili
Il fait extremement chaud, sauf au sommet du Mont Kinabalu. Un moustiquqire, pas non plus. Et je n'ai pris aucun medicament contre le paludisme.
Aller... là où le vent m'emportera... mais pourvu qu'il m'emporte....
Bon bah le coup des sansgues, ca doit être impressionnant quand même !!! beurk beurk ! sinon, ok je note que pour toi, un sac à viande éventuellement mais que sinon, on trouve facilement ce dont on a besoin...
Et le parc de Bako, tu avais réservé avant j'imagine?
Merci pour ton message, c'"est vraiment super sympa,
biz
Lili
Aller... là où le vent m'emportera... mais pourvu qu'il m'emporte....
ça avait été chaud de réserver l'hébergement dans le parc de Bako : j'avais envoyé une demande via leur site web, mais aucune réponse, du coup j'avais demandé à l'hotel où j'avais réservé à Kuching de s'en occuper pour moi, ce qu'ils avaient fait très efficacement, moyennant une petite commission. De mémoire, les dates qu'on voulait n'étaient plus dispo, du coup on s'était calés sur les dispos de la chambre au parc pour y aller.
Pour les sangsues, y'en a pas à Bako et c'était très bien comme ça !
Bon voyage !
Salut teamten!
Ouip nous on a bu de l'eau partout quand elle avait bon gout !
J'étais la testeure puis ce que j'ai l'estomac en béton sinon on avait une gourde avec un filtre incorporé!
Très bien mais franchement un peu lourd!
On a bu surtout les fresh fruits juices 😛 miam!
A+
CAT de GLAC
Vivre est très rare dans ce monde , la plupart des gens se contente d'exister!
Au cas où : je vends au prix de 40 euros (+ frais d'envoi si hors de Paris): 1 boîte neuve de 12 comprimé de Malarone et 1 boîte entamée de 8 comprimés.
Je viens de les acheter fin avril 2009 pour un voyage en Thailande. Nous avons pris 4 comprimés et avons finalement arrêté.
Pour me contacter :
06 29 80 03 59
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