I got bit by a dog in BKK years ago. At the time I was living in ANC, and when I went to the doctor to seek treatment it seemed like it took 5 minutes before the state was offering to donate the full rabies regimen. The immune Globulin shot alone was rumored to cost in the neighborhood of $5K.

The take away was two-fold:

1.) The state of Alaska is very aggressive in working to prevent rabies (I guess they thought I'd go bite a moose).

2.) If there is any question to whether you've been exposed, go ahead and get treated. If you wait to show symptoms of rabies - it's too late, you're going to die. I'll never know if I was exposed, but the shots were a good hedge against having my brain explode.