Travelling to Canada is now accessible to everyone. So that's it, you've booked your ticket and are on your way next week for about 20 days to visit the country of our cousins across the Atlantic.
It's time to pack your bags. That's good, yes, but what to put in it? You will cross the country from East to West and the temperatures between the Pacific coast and the great Canadian north are completely different and can vary by more than 30°. If you are leaving a little after winter and you don't want to look like a giant puffball, the first thing to put in your suitcase is a stock of anti-mosquito lotions. Between June and July the mosquitoes or simulants are unusually aggressive and love warm blood and nine of the poor freshly landed tourists who thought a trip to Canada was a relaxing experience. Well no! In the south of the country, these nasty beasts are also vectors of life-threatening diseases and there is no effective vaccine to date.
If you go to a forested area, in addition to mosquitoes, you will meet other charming forest hosts that are ticks. Second thing to put in your suitcase: an effective anti-tick product to buy at a pharmacy or to order on the internet.