Originally Posted by
Keyser
i wouldn't worry too much about food in luxury hotels....but just stick to bottled water....
Make sure you brush your teeth with bottled water and when in the shower or swimming make sure not to open your mouth. This is the primary reason why my kids get sick in India.
Outside of luxury hotels you have a few fundamental problems: even though the tea may be made properly, the cup used was probably washed in water that is not fit for westerners, so you get a dollop of germs there. The western body can take a certain amount of germs, after which the immune system (weakened by the jetlag, heat, new impressions, stress etc) breaks down and flushes the system.