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Having decided which cities to visit, your next step should be:

1.Check international flight prices,

2.Choose hotels, or

3.Go to Pasadena.

If you live in the Los Angeles area, the correct answer, of course, is go to Pasadena.

The Healthy Traveler Clinic (www.healthytraveler.com) is on Green Street in Pasadena. A travel clinic is the place for vaccinations, malaria medication (not needed for Bangkok or Chiang Mai) and the regionally correct antibiotic for diarrhea and dysentery.

The latter is particularly important if you are an adventurous eater. But even the pickiest eater may pick up a bug (even if he won’t eat one). A combination of the correct antibiotic and Imodium, will work within twenty-four hours. The Imodium will relieve most symptoms long before that.

A travel physician knows exactly what you need for your intended destinations. Since some immunizations require a series of shots, an early start is advised. On the subject of shots, experience counts. The shots given at The Healthy Traveler Clinic are virtually painless.

As an aside, travel doctor is a great gig. Your patients are upbeat rather than under the weather. You are not exposed to illnesses. Since treatment is generally not covered by insurance, payment is direct rather than dependent upon a convoluted bureaucracy.