I can well remember when AIDS first came to the fore rumours abound that you could catch the disease by just kissing and I can recall those awful Grim Reaper advertisements on the television.
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The BIMC or Bali International Medical Centre has been an institution in Bali for as long as I can remember and for years it has assisted tourists with all manner of injuries that have occurred whilst on their holidays.
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Scientists are worried about a sudden flurry of human bird flu cases in Indonesia, warning that a failure to control the situation may raise the chances of a virus mutation and lead to a pandemic.
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While attending a farewell do for a friend in Seminyak last night I got to talk to some cool people. One guy told me he works off shore in India doing oil exploration, 6 weeks on, 6 weeks off. That’s a unique lifestyle. Another person I met was an Indonesian lady who had lived in England. She told me about a meditation course she went on in the mountains of Bali. The person who the party was for also had been on the course. She told me that in Baturiti (the market town just before Bedugal in the highlands there is a place where 4 times a year they hold a 7 day intensive meditation course. I’ve always been a little suspect of meditation.
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Motorbike accidents are something most of us don’t want to think about. I’m sure that after having a crash, one has more respect for safety and takes a different view of riding. BaliBelly talks about his motorbike crash in Bali and how he got fixed up.
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The Avian Bird Flu and what it can do to a person, as in death, tends to deter the concerned traveller from even getting off the couch and going overseas for a holiday.
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Just $286 million has been spent to fight bird flu out of nearly $1.9 billion pledged last January by nations and organizations that said they wanted to make a massive effort against the virus according to a World Bank report. But in Indonesia the fight goes on with little funds.
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According to a German website, Bali has a high incidence of Japanese encephalitis. Researchers found an incidence of 8.2 per 100,000 children. What I know about the disease is it basically destroys your brain over time. Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito borne disease.
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Traveling while you are pregnant is going to be harder than when you’re not, that’s a given. The more remote your location the less facilities will be available and the further you will be from medical attention.
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For all you people who look in the mirror and see something unpleasant, Botox is here. I looked in the mirror the other day and thought ‘that’s disgusting’. So now I am cutting my beer intake down to almost nothing and exercising more. I like exercising and recommend it. For people who want to fix their face, a session on the stairmaster may not work.
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