Bonaire inoculations

[vladimir]

Yes, Hep A. This is actually recommend even in the states nowadays.
I also have gotten typhoid, which is good for more 3rd world countries and probably not needed for Bonaire but a very good idea for Mexico. I usually go by the CDC website. I think I have the typhoid and yellow fever shots for my Africa or Central America trips.
Tetanus is important when shore diving, since its easy to cut hands and feet.
Use bug spray as Dengue is indigenous to Bonaire. ( its also become indigenous to the Florida Keys lately,BTW). You really don't want to get Dengue. The no-see-ums can be bad,to and I've had a miserable trip to a few countries when bitten by no-see-ums. ( Nicauragua specifically).
I love Cactus Juice, it has sunscreen and bug repellent and I've had it work well in Bonaire. Other people claim it doesn't work. It was recommended to me by a woman who has a house in Honduras and I've never had a problem with it. Maybe others don't apply it thickly enough or frequently enough? I find it works great!
Of course flu shot. When traveling, everybody on the planes is sick. You sure don't want to be sick during or after your trip.

Cactus Juice? Their website doesn't even claim their products are insect repellents. They finesse it by claiming they protect against "Nature's assaults."

In general, a product with 15% DEET or less will protect against mosquitos for up to 8 hours. If DEET worries you—it shouldn't, if used properly—then picaridin (20%) is also effective for up to 8 hours. Repel™ and other products containing eucalyptus oil are less effective, but still good for a couple of hours between applications, and probably more than adequate for Bonaire.

Skin-So-Soft is effective for 3 minutes. Seriously, according to a University of Florida study, it was that good. The same study tested all the usual repellents, but not Cactus Juice, nor its active ingredient, which appears from their advertising to be prickly pear cactus.

 

[Ray and Pam]

A shot of tequla,etc, never hurts either.

 

[tracydr]

Cactus Juice? Their website doesn't even claim their products are insect repellents. They finesse it by claiming they protect against "Nature's assaults."

In general, a product with 15% DEET or less will protect against mosquitos for up to 8 hours. If DEET worries you—it shouldn't, if used properly—then picaridin (20%) is also effective for up to 8 hours. Repel™ and other products containing eucalyptus oil are less effective, but still good for a couple of hours between applications, and probably more than adequate for Bonaire.

Skin-So-Soft is effective for 3 minutes. Seriously, according to a University of Florida study, it was that good. The same study tested all the usual repellents, but not Cactus Juice, nor its active ingredient, which appears from their advertising to be prickly pear cactus.

I've used it for years. I'm also highly allergic to no-seems and when everybody else was getting bitten I wasn't bitten at all. They were biting right through the DEET. My parents switched to the Cactus Juice and ceased having problems with bug bites.
I was very skeptical,too,until I actually tried it. A friend who lives on the Honduras mainland,in the jungle, gave me a bottle. I finally tried it and was amazed.

 

[pa diver]

I'm going to chime in with my support of Cactus Juice, I was introduced to it in Roatan. It worked for me.......