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Subject: Re: [OM] RE:I'm Back and Ready to Ramble
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 22:49:07 +1000
>>LEECHES reside.  I really can't abide them.. they drop from overhanging
>>vegetation onto your head or down your neck, and absolutely track you
>from
>>afar by your body heat!  NOTHING distracts them and they are almost
>>indestructable..  I still have a small lump of itchy protoplasm on one
>>ankle that was induced by a leech bite over 18 years ago.
>>Kerry
>
>Sounds like an extreme case... bad luck! I got a couple of leeches in
>far north queensland rainforest, but there wasn't any trace after a
>couple of weeks. Not pleasant, though.
>


I used to do a fair bit of canyoning. Leeches were common. One time I had to
burn one off my testicles. Ouch.

Oly content. Got some great photos later on in the trip.

Foxy


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