Guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 >>>Cabt you use tablets (iodine ?) to 'purify' water ? <<< ...and risk insulting your host in some tribal area in a war zone? not really... >>>The only ill-effects I suffered in 10 days in China were consistently explosive bowel movements.<<< that often just comes from the change of diet only, give your system time to get used to unfamiliar bacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 well I too though I was immortal no matter what I ate & drank sorta my own mission against all the lonely planet warnings & disclaimers, but then I went to india for a MONTH & did not last much longer than a few weeks :: indonesia seems almost clinically clean compared to that crazy continent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Bibblies, If I werent so upset, I'd beat you with my handbag ! Then again, you strike me as the kind of guy who'd enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Artiew, I am a fairly intrepid eater, despite having had giardia, dysentry and severe food poisoning in the last 4 years. The first two were in India and Nepal, say no more, but were the first doses I had in almost 10 years of travel in Asia. The final one was from the fuckers outside Thermae, on the morning Iwas to fly to London for a wedding. I spent 11 hours at 30000 feet in the bog, with it coming out of all ends. Needless to say I wont eat there again. Having said that, in all my years in LOS, this remains the only time I have had FP. I will continue to eat at street stalls as they are cheap and often better tasting than the restraunts. Cheers Jaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 The first miserable food poisoning experience I ever had was flying back from Vancouver of all places, I thought Canada would be the last place to get sick (now SARS though!!), I lost a stone in weight. I was puking the whole way back and felt like death warmed up. Unforgettable . The only other one was at Puerto Maldonado, Peru when I ate some fish out of the Rio Tambopata, that night it was coming out of both ends like liquid. I felt very alone and helpless. Never had a problem in los Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Apart from the dancing shrimp episode. Two recent experiences on Thai Air (post in transport) have put me off airline food in a big way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 coss- I'm suprised.. We board Thai Catering food for our BKK-SIN and BKK-TPE flights... Of course, we are only baording 5 to 7 meals, not 300+ as is more normal... We buy/board meals that TG is using on that day in their C class of service.. One of the big things that I notice is the portion size.. It's substantially larger than that of similar meals that we board in places like TPE and NRT.. The only thing that I dislike is the calorie count.. We get a one sheet explanation of the meal and it includes a calorie total and nutritional breakdown.. Most of their meals average well over 2,000 cals per meal and (in many cases) over 20g of sat fats.. --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 Says Jaganath69: Artiew, The final one was from the fuckers outside Thermae, on the morning Iwas to fly to London for a wedding. I spent 11 hours at 30000 feet in the bog, with it coming out of all ends. Needless to say I wont eat there again. Having said that, in all my years in LOS, this remains the only time I have had FP. I will continue to eat at street stalls as they are cheap and often better tasting than the restraunts. Cheers Jaga yes i wish someone would lead pipe those bastards outside the thermae...the only time i have been sick in thailand is when i ate from there. shit and spew everywhere :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Mental note to self : never , ever eat outside the Thermae, and never, ever approach Norfly if he is carrying a lead pipe ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Says artiew: Mental note to self : never , ever eat outside the Thermae, and never, ever approach Norfly if he is carrying a lead pipe ! but more importantly never approach me after i have been eating outside the termaie lest you may be covered in chunks. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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