Comments on: Hazzards of the Hongnam

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:32:38 +0000

Creepy crawlers, uh! I’ve come across some nasties out here.

One of the ladies I played Contract Bridge with got called out of a game due to her husband getting something on his leg during a Hash House Harriers run. It had eaten a hole and kept on eating to the bone. Nasty.

Another time I was gardening and came away with this thing burrowing just underneath the skin of my hand. Round and round, it went up into my fingers and drove me crazy with the itching. It was gawd awful.

I went to the expat doctor who proceeded to CUT it out. Didn’t work.

So I poured boiling water over it (a cure-all for everything tropical as far as the man is concerned). Didn’t work.

Googling, I came up with the cure. With the cure scribbled on scrap paper, I marched into my doctor’s office and asked WHY! I mean, I suffered through a blinking week of itching and no sleeping and GAWD did that thing look nasty!

One pill, two hours, it was gone.

Google is my friend. Doctors suck swamp water.
.-= Catherine´s last blog ..Glenn Slayden’s thai-language.com =-.

By: Talen

Talen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:02:23 +0000

I forgot all about those nasties Chuck… and if I remember right some of those big bastards are poisonous.

By: ChuckWow

ChuckWow — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:59:55 +0000

The nasties I look out for are the LARGE centipedes with LARGE pincers.

My wife’s mother was bitten on the neck and an ex-girlfriend was bitten on the cheek while sleeping and they both spent a couple of days in the hospital.

I don’t think they are venomous – I think they had an allergic reaction to the bites.

I still don’t want any creepy crawly that large coming up behind me and biting me in the ass while I take a dump.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:15:49 +0000

Talen I have just survived four nights in a stand alone guest house in Kanchanaburi on the edge of the River Kwai and some of the noises that came from the water below were frightening. Everytime I went to the toilet I expected something to leapt out and bite me. I am pleased to hear Pookie is okay and will catch up with your posts next week. Best wishes from Isaan. .-= Martyn´s last blog ..My Girl – Chameleon =-.

By: Talen

Talen — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:06:34 +0000

Cat, I don’t want to think about tit either but what you don;t think about might jump up and bite you in the ass …literally.

Andrew, Can’t say I like the idea of scorpions much better.

Lloyd, Unfortunately, due to my being a cheap bastard, sin sot might pay for a bb gun or a machete.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:46:56 +0000

Thats where the Sin Sot negotiations come in handy, don’t think about it as paying a small fortune for your loved one, think of it as an investment in your personal business

By: Andrew Hicks

Andrew Hicks — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:42:20 +0000

You turn something truly horrible into something utterly hilarious! I like it!

I’ve had scorpions in my shoes and pigs up my posterior (as I explain on my latest blog) but so far no snakes.

Andrew Hicks

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:57:16 +0000

I’ve been in some nasty Asian toilets in my time, but your snake bite… hmmm… that’s a problem I don’t want to think about!
.-= Catherine´s last blog ..Thai 101 Learners Series: Bringing Abstract into Real Life =-.

By: Talen

Talen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:23:36 +0000

I know I’ll be checking the hongnam very well next time there…problem is the sneak attacks while squatting.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:52:58 +0000

Talen thank god the toilet here is integral to the bungalow-is also western.

That said I always check for snakes before I sit down!

Glad the GF was not seriously harmed. Probably a rat snake or similar although I am told that several venomous snakes can indeed give a dry bite. Apparently its the babies that are the problem-can’t control he venom like Mum or Dad.
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Endangered and Undiscovered Thailand =-.