Rivers around Cevios and wells

boca chica dave

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Anyone have an idea how contaminated the rivers and streams may be in this area. Dangers as for as gringo bathing, boiling for cooking? Should wells be considered safe? Does Deet keep "magies" away?
 

Hillbilly

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I would consider all fresh water unsafe, just to be on the safe side. Of course 5 minutes of a rolling boil will take care of that.
Depends on where you go to swim, it is a place with some rapids, it might be fairly safe for swimming....
I would not trust wells too much....

Deet does indeed keep the little ones from biting, most of the time...so does Citronela or Deporte...and cheaper, too.

Always sleep with a mosquito net...shake out shoes before putting them on...be careful around piles of dirty clothes (for some reason centipedes love this stuff.)

HB