I believe it's an extra 24hrs, so you'd have 48 vs 24. We opted not to get them and my husband got bit by a dog in Russia. He got treated and had to get shots 5x over the next weeks across the stans. I think if you have been pretreated this cuts the number down to 4 from 5-6.

Eastern turkey up into the caucuses is rough for aggressive dogs, motorbike drives em nuts. But other areas we didn't have nearly as much problem. I remember visiting Ecuador years ago and there were tons of strays. But who knows how docile. At any rate if you ever get bit, do not take any chances & get treated, otherwise that's your a$$! Whether you want the extra time just in case is up to you. Be careful

Agreed the extra time is always worth it.. e.g trekking up in the Himalaya, or up on the Pamir Highway, you can be a good day or two from a decent clinic, and can't always rely on helivac due to weather..

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We are embarking on a similar journey to yours on the 18th June. The advice from our local surgery was to get the rabies jabs as it buys you an extra 24 hours to get treatment. We considered the cost of £144 each to be a worthwhile insurance and provides peace of mind.

So far we've paid £408 for jabs for the two of us, certainly more than I had anticipated and worth taking into consideration when financially planning a trip. The only vaccination we can't get right now is Yellow Fever as the local surgery has had no stocks since last September. That, of course, will only mean more money when they do get some.

Yep, eastern Turkey has been also for me so far the only place in +50 countries ridden, where I´ve actually been attacked by large dogs that roamed free...... in fact only one mountain pass area or region near Dogubayazit, but it was damn scary! Decided not to stop, just use the horn and go full throttle, and they backed off at the last minute... I don´t know, what would have happened, if I had stopped. I had taken rabies jabs before leaving home.

Do remember, that not only dogs can carry it, it´s also possible to get infected by bats, monkeys and several other animals. Also remember, that their saliva is infectious, so just simply best to completely keep away from any physical contact with animals, no matter how cute. This is something you do NOT want to fool around with, because it is a 100% lethal disease.

Note, that if you are in a faraway area, and suspect you might have got infected, getting somewhere where counter-jabs are available, in 24 hrs, can be hard. That´s when having the jabs beforehand can become helpful (you will still need those extra jabs after a suspected infection, but you have more time to get them).

I would not lose sleep over this, the risk is much smaller than having a bad traffic accident in basically any developing country, for example. Just follow the precautions, and depending on areas, where you´ll be going, make a decision, whether you´ll take the jabs or not.

(sorry a bit off-topic, but just asking if anyone has had similar experiences in the place mentioned below?)

Marked with red is where I had my pulse-raising encounter with the big dogs... this was back in 2007, but if my memory serves me right, it was the Tendurec Gecidi pass, where there was a huge old lava flow right next to the road on the Lake Van side. And dogs were only a problem up in the pass area itself, just there where the road goes very very close to the border of Iran. There were some dwellings that looked like shepherd huts, maybe they were actually their dogs: