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MothraAttack posted:Yeah, or this. PP has a ton of NGO positions, but what I've heard from veterans and what I've seen online it seems to be a weird mix of gap year kids doing semi-serious work for nothing or next to nothing and highly qualified development specialists and the like on the other hand. The consensus seems to be that there's probably more "help" in PP than is needed, but I don't know the real situation on the ground and it's hard to say. Lots of cool stuff going on there, though, and it's a great city. If anyone is interested, I see the Mon National Health Committee is hiring an English trainer for January in Sangkhlaburi, but I don't know pay details. Could be interesting for the right person. January is the time-line I'd be looking at, but I might not have the skills they want. All my ESL is on-the-fly learning on the job, not certified. I just have a degree in History and a post-bach in Journalism. Keep your ears open for me? How worried should I be about the storm coming our way? It looks like it'll pass over Luang Prabang Province on Monday. I'm guessing it'll just be rainy-as-gently caress for a day, all the roads will flood, and some stuff will collapse in the wind/rain? My guesthouse is pretty sturdy, but I'm wondering if I should buy some candles in case the power goes out. Pixelante fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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A typhoid vaccine is recommended by the CDC when traveling to Thailand. However, I don't see any mention of that specific vaccine in this thread or in the first post. I realize that going off of goon's advice in lieu of the CDC is kind of silly, but I'd love to avoid the $107 vaccine cost. Anyone have any feedback on typhoid? Also, I lagged on setting this stuff up so I'm actually getting Hep A on the day before I leave for Thailand.. will the shot even effective at that point? Nifty fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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I am probably a bad example to go by but I didn't get any trip-specific vaccinations when I went. v vEDIT: I ended up being in SE Asia for well over a year, including middle-of-nowhere countryside and big cities and everything in between.
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Heading to HMC for a few days and have been warned that the flooding is getting pretty bad... Anyone on the ground there?
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idk but holy crap I just read this http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...st-storms-ever/ quote:The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has increased its estimate of Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds to 195 mph with gusts to 235 mph. SUSTAINED winds of 195 mph... Jesus Christ
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Same as above, I had absolutely no shots and have fallen sick with absolutely nothing. Except the whole testicle episode. The thing with malaria/dengue fever/anything carried by mosquitoes is that people assume a mosquito may be carrying that disease and could give it to them AT ANY TIME IN ANY PLACE. In reality you're only really at risk from these things when there's an outbreak; i.e. when 95% of mosquitoes are carrying them. If there is an outbreak you're likely to find out about it and would have enough time to get a vaccination or move outside the outbreak zone. This is only relevant if you're doing relatively stationery traveling; city to city and the like. If you're going to do five countries in two weeks and do tours into the jungle etc it's probably a good idea to get your shots. As far as Hep A goes, you're going to be at a far higher risk of dying by crossing the road than you are at dying of Hepatitis. I am not a doctor though so don't take my advice - I don't have kids or any responsibilities back home so it's easy for me to say this. Tourists probably have a different mindset and that's fair enough. Typhoid itself is contracted through bacteria from human waste finding its way into the food chain. Don't drink water unless it's bottled and the seal is unbroken, check your food is cooked properly and if you're playing it extra safe don't touch uncooked food like salad. Prevention is better than cure!
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duckmaster posted:Same as above, I had absolutely no shots and have fallen sick with absolutely nothing. Except the whole testicle episode. How are your balls btw
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I have been here for going on three years now and have not had so much as a flu shot. I have not caught typhoid or hepatitis or anything. I did test immune to dengue a couple months ago, which means I either had it and didn't realize it or am immune. Really, I know it seems like the third world and you're going to die of cholera and get buried in a roadside grave but it's not that bad. When I'm playing tourist I worry way more about getting drunk and doing something stupid like falling off a picnic table or falling out of a tree than I do about catching diseases.
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Oh Thailand. You can sex up anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=C7JnOhyMiUE What is that crop anyway?
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Oracle posted:Oh Thailand. You can p up anything. That's tapioca. In Thailand the roots are used for animal feed and processed for their starch. If you have some Spanish in the family you might know it as cassava. Subbing it for potatoes makes for the most amazing redolent crunchy French fry you've ever had. It's usually eaten stewed though or steamed and put under wet foods (after a little mashing) like a baked potato. raton fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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I'd get hep A, at the very least. And tetanus. Hep B is good too, especially if you can get the Twinrex shot that combines it with A. You can catch hep in first-world countries from all kinds of contaminated things, too. I wouldn't have bothered at home (except that I worked in a homeless shelter and kinda wanted it for my peace of mind) but I definitely wouldn't have left Canada without hep A shots. All the staff who have been in Luang Prabang for more than a year have had dengue. No one in our project at all has had malaria while here, and most of us come from travelling outside of Laos first. I loathe bug spray and tend to forget to use it, and came out of Cambodia (thus far) unscathed. Mosquitos have been surprisingly low key, though, I'll admit. Not sure what to do about typhoon preparations here. I'm going to try to find some candles today, and buy a couple extra 2-litre bottles of water. Charging all my devices and unplugging them, and probably packing a "oh poo poo the house is flooding" backpack of essentials in case I have to leave my first-floor room. We are on the banks of the Nam Kam river, and if that thing rises by a story, my bed is going to get wet. It's GVI's job to look after us if poo poo hits the fan, but if we're going to be stuck indoors for a day or two with no electricity, I want to be comfy.
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One report I saw showed the cyclone still being at Category 2 when it hit Laos. That's something back home that we'd prepare for but not get too worried about. Not sure if it really will be that strong when it hits Laos, and if so, what that means vis a vis Laos infrastructure. Probably no power for a bit. We're all in for some rain, at least. Stay safe Goons! First images and reports coming in now on Al Jazeera look really, really bad. Possibly thousands of dead type bad. MothraAttack fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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I would have imagined the typhoon would lose a lot of strength when going inland. Even in the Philippines, reports were that it was not going at 300mph or whatever but more like 145mph (which not nothing but not the "strongest typhoon ever"). Good luck everybody there.
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Senso posted:I would have imagined the typhoon would lose a lot of strength when going inland. Even in the Philippines, reports were that it was not going at 300mph or whatever but more like 145mph (which not nothing but not the "strongest typhoon ever"). Good luck everybody there. It's windy. That's it. It rained for a few hours but that's it. Right now, it's just windy and has been so for a few hours.
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Cynic Jester posted:It's windy. Yeah, pretty much. It might have been worse down south where the typhoon actually passed, but in Manila it was relatively quiet.
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I'm going to be in Hanoi in a couple days and need to do a bunch of laundry but don't want to spend $50+ to have the hotel do it. Are the laundry by the kilo places legit, or better yet, is there a laundromat where I can just go near Hang Gai? Its all expensive synthetic cold wash/air dry stuff so I don't want it ruined. Also my 200k dong Mobifone SIM stopped at 180 megs instead of the 500 I bought - is there a cheaper increment I can get somewhere that would get me through a couple of days?
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blk posted:Also my 200k dong Mobifone SIM stopped at 180 megs instead of the 500 I bought - is there a cheaper increment I can get somewhere that would get me through a couple of days? Yeah the increments go down to like 20,000 dong (one dollar). Hanpan posted:Heading to HMC for a few days and have been warned that the flooding is getting pretty bad... Anyone on the ground there? Are you talking about HCMC? If so no its fine, there was a bit of mild flooding on Wednesday (all school was canceled and I'm a teacher so yay!) and I can't speak for Sunday/Monday but Haiyan is supposed to go well further up north so it shouldn't be a problem. In general its completely fine. If you're talking about somewhere else than just ignore this obviously. In other news, Saigon is sinking: http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/14926/land-subsidence-to-blame-for-flooding-in-saigon Play fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Earlier today I was thinking about how Thais love to plan things to do one day (dinner, drinks, clubbing etc) and then completely forget about it. Like on the day they won't even call you to cancel, like someone wiped their memory. Just watched this video which is pretty spot on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIw8S0EUzV8
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Um can I get a duckmaster balls update
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Ringo R posted:Earlier today I was thinking about how Thais love to plan things to do one day (dinner, drinks, clubbing etc) and then completely forget about it. Like on the day they won't even call you to cancel, like someone wiped their memory. Thought you were going to post that goldfish commercial where the goldfish forgets what it's doing every three seconds.
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Balls are fine. I'm going to Pattaye on Monday (ugh) to become a paraglider. Living the dream.
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I don't think that's why people go to Pattaya Duckmaster.
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a metaphorical paraglider
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Didn't some lady recently lose her legs in a Pattaya paragliding accident? Ask for a different boat guy
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Parasailing is with a boat, paragliding is overland without a boat. Like hang gliding but with a collapsible wing.
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Arrived in Manila and experienced the joy of the LRT and motortricycle taxis. No phone so post meetup details here or email me at my SA name at popular google mail service .com.
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Cynic Jester posted:It's windy.
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Reports are suggesting 12,000+ dead in the cyclone. Can any goons provide context of where the storm hit worst?
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^^ As per the path shown here, the hardest hit areas were mainly in the central Visayas region. There are no final damages being reported as of yet, but I'm seeing estimates of up to $3.2M in agricultural/crop damages alone. E: Another city getting a lot of attention for the damage it took was Ormoc City, also in Leyte. anakha fucked around with this message at 11:54 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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MothraAttack posted:Reports are suggesting 12,000+ dead in the cyclone. Can any goons provide context of where the storm hit worst? Most people are focusing on Tacloban City right now since it was a fairly major city in the region and is probably the hardest-hit area. Apart from the destruction and the dead, there's looting and general chaos in the city since power, transport, and communication are nigh-impossible with how the city is basically the prelude to Waterworld.
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kenner116 posted:Arrived in Manila and experienced the joy of the LRT and motortricycle taxis. No phone so post meetup details here or email me at my SA name at popular google mail service .com. Anyone else down for the meetup?
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Ringo R posted:Earlier today I was thinking about how Thais love to plan things to do one day (dinner, drinks, clubbing etc) and then completely forget about it. Like on the day they won't even call you to cancel, like someone wiped their memory. My number one Thai social planning beef is this: "Let's meet for a beer on Thursday." "Okay cool, I'll see you at [place]." :shows up an hour late with 3-5 boring friends and a weird sister/brother/cousin: "Oh I hope you don't mind, I brought some friends." ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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Anyone in Hanoi? I'm stupidly on the train back to there from Lao Cai tonight; worried about flooding.
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Cynic Jester posted:Anyone else down for the meetup? Was planning to go, but I'm completely wiped out from playing babysitter for a day to a couple of toddlers. I'd forgotten how tiring taking care of babies could be. 
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anakha posted:Was planning to go, but I'm completely wiped out from playing babysitter for a day to a couple of toddlers. No worries, I just ate Tapsilog and am drinking Red Horse so all is well.
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Lose (or scramble) the egg and that's some good poo poo! For whatever reason I really enjoyed longanisa breakfasts.
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ReindeerF posted:Lose (or scramble) the egg and that's some good poo poo! For whatever reason I really enjoyed longanisa breakfasts. Despite my love for other ASEAN cuisine, longganisa is what keeps my palate mainly Filipino. No other country in the region does sausage anywhere near as well.
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I'd put sai oua, from Northern Thailand, up against it, but, yeah, that's about it. Nothing else comes close. Thai people would poo poo the bed and yak about sai gor isaan and nam and what not, but the fact that Thailand's poo poo sausages are maybe the second best regionally (with Lao overlap) is a testament to just how much better Pinoy sausages are. Also, I know I'm going to get poo poo all over for being a Kano, but the Salpicado at Casa Armas was one of my favorite things.
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My grandparents live in a German farmer area in the Midwest and we had all sorts of blastin rear end sausages growing up and Thai Northern Sausage is very good. I also really like a sai krok Issan but have to be in the mood for it. The rest of the sausages out there are kinda lame, never tried the Filipino ones but I do put store bought Longansia in my chili when I make it here in the states.
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