¿Pues yo qué sé?

Sorry. No contest. It's my OPINION that the weakest least offensive chemical that will do the job is the best choice. People are different. But unlike some, when locals speak, I listen. I tried white cream OFF and an hour later renamed it, "ON." Once when I had forgotten to bring bug repellent in Patzcuaro I purchased a bottle of Autan in a farmacia. Cost was = to seven dollars USA. At midnight I was glistening wet with Autan and covered with bites.

So when someone says confidently "Don't bother! Excellent repellents can be had here" I have to give pause.

If those "excellent repellents" tun out to be woefully inadequate, you are SCREWED PAL. Because you can go to Mexico, Zapopan, or Monterrey and not find one single thing stronger. Zancudo y jejene bites have RUINED many a vacation and misplaced advice was the cause.

Bringing down more-potent repellents is one of the nicest gifts you can give nice Mexicanos. Even though DEET lasts longer I personally prefer pennyroyal oil because it is natural.

Ever have DENGUE mister webmaster? It is not fun. It hurts and it makes a person feel like they have a bad case of the flu combined with a thermonuclear hangover. Sitting beside a 5-year old granddaughter with Dengue is worse. City folk do not experience uncontrolled Dengue outbreaks. You live in a different world.

So yeah, sorry but I'm a little touchy about casually offered information that has consequences.

Well, since I just got here like everyone I hang out with you must be right. Like many of my family and friends, I've only had dengue once or twice, maybe three times. And of course my only experience with Autan besides using it myself is only a few hundred locals and a few hundred tourists and several dozen restaurants and lodgings from Papanoa to Las Saladitas. But you're on a roll and I certainly wouldn't want my casual information to interfere with your authentic rural expertise. Yee haw, bubbaroo! ¡Ajúaaaa!