When you choose a tropical or a subtropical resort, you must be careful. Check any information available on the area that you can lay your hands on. this may reveal potential problems that you may not have considered. my story shows that some travel problems can be avoided by doing simple things. Things like wearing a high factor sun cream or, in my case, checking the expiry date on an anti mosquito lotion. On my first night in Cairo, I applied the lotion without checking. As a result, I was bitten by an infected mosquito and ended up in hospital