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Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Sat October 13, 2007 07:38 PM UTC

I see lots of tours to saonoa island, but are there any tours to isla mona or another part of puerto rico?

Also what is the risk of Dengue Fever? and does Dengue Fever go away or do you always have it? like do you have to avoid ibuprofen for the rest of your life?

Craven05

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Re: Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Sun October 14, 2007 10:05 AM UTC

There are ferries going to Puerto Rico but from Santo Domingo, as far as I know. www.ferriesdelcaribe.com. I'll ask about the dengue fever.

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marielexoteria

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Re: Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Sun October 14, 2007 01:01 PM UTC

Thank You :)

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Craven05

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Re: Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Mon October 15, 2007 07:16 AM UTC

Besides what Ex-Mainer said (which I think you should follow), I haven't been able to find out if Dengue is something you live with or if it goes away after you're cured. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti (rarely Aedes albopictus) mosquito, according to Wikipedia. The reason why we've had some problems with it is because people "save" water in "containers" (like car tyres, paint buckets, etc) that don't have a lid on to protect against the mosquito dropping its eggs in there. Hope it helps.

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marielexoteria

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Re: Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Tue October 16, 2007 08:11 PM UTC

Thank you both. It helped alot.

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Craven05

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Re: Boat to Puerto Rico? and Dengue Fever
Posted: Tue October 16, 2007 08:26 PM UTC

There are ferries from Fajardo that go to Vieques and Culebra Island as far as Mona island, I believe you must get a "permission" to visit the island..

check out this website for some insight on Puerto Rico www.puertoricortourism.com

J~

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