Mosquitoes

It's my last night in Mali- even the last few hours of my last night in Mali and all I want is to remember what it's like to not have toxic chemicals all over my skin. I just took a shower and am trying really hard not to cover myself in Deet but man are the mosquitoes insane. They cannot be deterred by a fan or a mostly clothed body.

I'm pretty cavalier about malaria which will obviously be a problem eventually. A Canadian girl I know here got malaria and typhoid at the same time. I was relating this story to a driver who was like "yeah, that's normal". Apparently he has had malaria like 10 times. So my time is coming I suppose, but I just can't get myself to take prophylaxis. I'm not super into putting pills into my body, and I'm particularly opposed to super expensive ones that give me crazy dreams.