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I tell all of my travel patients before they leave - Don’t play with dogs and other furry animals. That includes monkeys. While the main threat of rabies comes mainly from dogs …and bats, any mammal can transmit it. So, avoid, like the plague, all of these animals. Even if they are cute, don’t pet […]

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I suppose that I don’t have what it takes to be a blogger – the energy and compulsiveness and reliability to write something of note every day or two. Believe me, I feel guilty that I haven’t updated things in a few months. Maybe a few excuses – my internet was down, lots doing around […]

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I’ve been involved in travel medicine for more than 25 years now. During that time, I have seen many changes. Changes in where people go …and where they don’t go, and more importantly why they go.
 
As a kid, my parents took me exclusively to destinations within driving distance – Ottawa, Cleveland, New York, Detroit. […]

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I can remember travelling through South America 35 years ago. There were no internet cafes then. We would instead have our friends and family send us mail care of the various Canadian consulates and embassies. This would also give us a brief repite of clean washrooms, comfortable furniture and old issues of Macleans magazine. Phoning […]

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Maybe you’ve taken a look at my photos. Probably you’re in love with your own photos and memories. As we know, lots of pictures, and memories, remain hidden on computers, memory cards, and in shoeboxes and envelopes. Here is something new … and wonderful, in my humble opinion.
Check out www.blurb.com . On this site, you can […]

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There are many reasons why people travel - for business, for rest, for adventure, to visit the country where they were born, for religious reasons, and one growing category - to visit children who have moved away. Two years ago, I went back to Ghana to visit my son Benjamin, who was volunteering at the Horizon’s Childrens […]

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There is an article in today’s Toronto Star about a new, hot band called Dengue Fever. I suppose that their only association with the viral infection is that they merge “retro psychedelic rock with Cambodian pop“.  I’m sure there is no shortge of dengue in Cambodia, and likely no shortage of psychedelic substances.
If the band […]

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The past week or two has seen a surge of travellers to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. It seems that a “grad trip” to the tropics is becoming the norm for some 18 year olds. This resort area has reported cases of malaria (P. falciparum, the most serious strain), for the past three years. […]

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