dave, it's so much fun eating at food stalls, especially in asia, with a big part of life happening on the streets. apart from the odd case of bombay belly, i've only once gotten seriously ill from food or water. and that was after eating at a steak house on samui. when you eat at stalls just go to the one with the most customers and you'll be alright.
Stu
· 2 years ago
we ate off the streets in turkey no prob, but we watched the guys grill it in front of us. if you think your gonna be in remote himalaya, take some aquamirra or get a msr miox pen.. :) aquamirra is works great (I can attest to drinking about 9ltrs+ a day for 3-4months of aquamirra'd water).
theres a stomachflu bug going around at work so it might not be food. be carefull who you snog in clubs and bars ;) hehehe its the easiest way to come down with something.
Dan
· 2 years ago
A few years ago I had food poisoning just before a flight, I woke up in the morning feeling pretty seedy as were a couple of others, somehow I managed to get enough out of me beforehand to survive the flight with no incident, barely.
Lucky it was mild I hate to think what the flight would have been like had it not been.
Stu
· 2 years ago
I remember sleeping in an airport overnight so we could catch an early flight out of london before the tubes started running, and they turned off the chiller fridges in the airport overnight, so next morning I got an OJ from the chiller fridge. smelled ok. tasted ok.. was BAAAAAAAAAAAD. went straight through just before I got on the plane. That was one naaasty flight. Ofcourse I chucked on the plan, and the hostess put the paperbag in the only working toilet, which of course tipped over in the garbage bin and stunk out the whole back of the plan and made the toilet near unusable. That was a rough flight for me and everyone else on the plane ;) ahahahah
Dave
· 2 years ago
Whoa, that's gross!
Mike
· 2 years ago
Dave, given the adventurous eater that you are, I can't imagine you not eating at food stalls and taking a really strict approach to not eating anything even remotely suspect. I think, in may developing nations, virtually everything (except for perhaps McD's) is suspect. What Boris said about just eating where the locals eat - the stands with the longest lines - seems like the way to go.
Sorry to hear about your "incident" over the weekend.
Dave
· 2 years ago
Mike - you're right, I don't intend to skip street food. I think it's too big a part of the experience. Still, it continues to be encouraging to hear others testify to the lack of problems they've had while traveling long term.
I pointed out the advice from "experts" to try and show how unrealistic I believe it to be for most people.
Mike
· 2 years ago
Very cool, Dave. I can't wait to hear your "culinary reports from the road" when your trip finally gets underway.
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theres a stomachflu bug going around at work so it might not be food. be carefull who you snog in clubs and bars ;) hehehe its the easiest way to come down with something.
Lucky it was mild I hate to think what the flight would have been like had it not been.
Sorry to hear about your "incident" over the weekend.
I pointed out the advice from "experts" to try and show how unrealistic I believe it to be for most people.