I have a bug problem and may be able to solve it through a real estate solution.
No see ums love to bite me and they're everywhere. They bite me viciously and nonstop. I have a terrible allergic reaction.
The second worst thing is that everyone else gets to wear shorts and camisoles because they don't get bitten and I have to cover up in the heat like a nun including mosquito net hat over my face. Little children stick out their tongues at me like I'm the bogeyman. Don't blame them really.
I've tried everything possible to kill, repel, or avoid them and nothing has made a dent. I realise I have to leave Vietnam very soon if I can't find a solution. I love it here and don't want to leave.
But I haven't slept more than ten minutes at a time since August. That includes nets, sprays, tents, poisons, body washes, repellents, electric tennis racket mosquito zappers, etc. In fact, I ended up in the ER over New Year's with severe burns from using local repellents on my face and neck. I'm living on steroids. It's not healthy long term.
What might work is one of three things:
1. a house instead of an apartment, so they wouldn't always be in wait in the hallways, not near water, in any city
2. moving from Nha Trang where I am now to a cooler place like Da Lat, but there don't seem to be apartments or houses for rent there
3. an insider's knowledge of a particular place, apartment or house, anywhere, that for whatever reason is protected from bug access
I would offer a gazillion trillion dollar bounty - at least a lovely dinner for you and your family - if anyone has an insider's connection to one of those three solutions.
Does anyone have a solution? Thanks, as always.
Jane