BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
And for God's sake, wear your shoes and dry socks. And long pants and sleeves. And sunscreen. And mosquito repellant. With DDT. Yea, it might cause cancer in 30-40 years if you use it every day, but some forms of malaria will kill you right now. When it looked like I might go there, a good friend at the health department gave me an unlabeled container of goop. Smelled....chemically with a hint of spicy death. I asked what was in it, and she said "you don't want to know, but it's %100 effective, aaaandd...whatever you do, don't go in the sun."
I was two places in the last year where malaria was a very real concern. Didn't take anything either time (mefloquine: side effects include going crazy and killing people or malarone: side effects include night terrors) but was super careful about avoiding getting bitten. Worked really well in PNG, but rather poorly in South America.