The Essential Guide to Travel Health: Don't Let Bugs, Bites, and Bowels Spoil Your Trip

by Jane Wilson-Howarth

Book Overview

This exhaustive travel health manual is written by Dr. Jane Wilson- Howarth, a doctor, mother, intrepid traveler and widely published journalist. She gives helpful advice on all aspects of traveling,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860114245
• ISBN13: 9781860114243
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Endlessly Fascinating

Even if you're not going to be travelling in remote places, this book is wonderful. Jane Wilson-Howarth's no nonsense (and funny) tone makes this book an excellent read, even if it's just for the vicarious thrill of knowing which parasites you might encounter.

Don't leave it behind!

This a gem of a book- not for the squeamish (though they wouldn't be travelling off the beaten path, would they?!) and definitely not to be given to your hypochondriacal aunt before she goes on her next overseas vacation- but great for everybody travelling outside of say, North American & Western Europe. V. practical, v. succinct & v. realistic. Great help in planning your trip, esp. if you are anyway intrepid in your travels. And loads of fun to read, with lots of v. funny bits.

The essential guide to getting sick

Cadogan's Bugs, Bites and Bowels is the best health guide for travellers. I travel a lot for work and pleasure and always use it when preparing to leave. The text is bang up to date and easy to understand. You get all the details on where you're at risk, signs to look for and lots of advice on what to do if your luck runs out - for each and every possible ailment.Everyone who is planning a trip outdoors should get a copy. Five Stars.

Best of the lot

I seem to collect health travel books. We live in Mexico and beleive in being our own best health advocates anywhere. Of all the books I have seen in the past five years dealing with travel health, Bugs, Bits & Bowels surpasses my previous favorite, one in the Moon Travel Series which is currently out of print. Wilson-Howarth is concise, yet seeming thorough, with a presentation easily understood. Even bits of humor sprinkled in.

The best travel medical guide I've found so far.

This book has travelled with me on several trips throughout Southeast Asia, India, and Nepal, and was much appreciated when illness struck (and when preparing to travel). The lighthearted writing style makes it easy and entertaining to read but it seems to be backed solidly by training and experience and the author comes as straight to the point as can be wished for.