Dive Review of
Habitat in
Curaçao

[Unspecified]carribbean, central america

Dive Conditions

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Overall Rating

Last 4 years I have gone annually to Curacao. Lions, Papagago and Hilton
hotel. Best diving is at the West end.  Habitat has a great dive operation.
Excellent shore dives. November was the rainey season, too many mosquitoes.
Off insect repellent was of no help.  Three days after I returned I
developed a skin infection from mosquitoe bites and developed celulitis. 
Foot and leg swelled to twice its normal size. I spent 6 days on IV
antibiotics in the hospital and I am still on antibiotics.  I sent an email
to Habitat to rethink there man made lagoon which is a breeding ground and
to spray more often.  At breakfast we used napkins to keep the mosquitoes
off our face.  Off did not help, need something with deet.

I have traveled extensively to Central America and never had any thing like
this. Just unluckly, but would suggest to others: 1) Use deet 2) use an
alchol wipe for mosquitoe bites, scratching only drives the infection in. 

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