yellow fever
I tried hard. I really did. Everyone I asked said No. I would not need Yellow fever vaccination for a trip to Tanzania. I was suspicious but couldn't get it done because everyone said I didn't need it.
All was well with the trip: Manchester - Dubai - Nairobi - Arusha.
On arrival in Arusha I was asked for my Yellow fever vaccination certificate.
"No, I don't have that, I've come from the UK, I was told I didn't need it"
"You have come from Kenya"
"Strictly speaking you are correct, but I didn't leave the airport"
"you need a Yellow Fever vaccination certificate if you have come from Kenya. Its alright we can do the vaccination now"
- Much money was exchanged and it was duly done. I felt crap for a few days after that which, thankfully, was not too much of a problem.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sat 29 Mar 2014, 17:29, 7 replies)

OK
So your story is that you felt a prick whilst on holiday?
(Chickenwire social lubricator extraordinaire, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 9:09, closed)

did I mention the word holiday?
No.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 15:20, closed)

OK
So your story is you felt like a prick?
(Chickenwire social lubricator extraordinaire, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 19:20, closed)

Ok
So all your interested in is someone feeling a prick?
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 21:34, closed)

OK
So your story is how much I like feeling out for pricks?
(Chickenwire social lubricator extraordinaire, Sun 30 Mar 2014, 22:49, closed)

I seem to remember a similar problem trying to go from
Peru into Brazil.

We were told we would have to have the jab, then wait 10 days.

It was just a scam of course, $100 later we had the backdated certs and were on our merry way.

Fucked if I'd let someone in Arusha put a needle in me though.
(username failed moderation, Mon 31 Mar 2014, 14:59, closed)

no choice boss
It was that or sit in the airport and await the next flight back to Kenya. I checked the packaging for the syringe and needles and it was a genuine single dose vial of vaccine which I insisted on inspecting prior to drawing of the solution. Risk was there but then again for me the risks are there anyway and sometimes its a lot worse than HIV (Marburg / Ebola)
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Mon 31 Mar 2014, 22:10, closed)