Originally Posted by
dgwright99
The brushing your teeth bit is the one that a lot of people don't think about; if you get in late at night (or after a night in the bar), it's easy to forget. I put a face cloth over the faucet to remind myself....
honestly, not an issue IMO
Also, don't eat watermelon (it's mostly just unfiltered local river water....).
i never thought about this, although the idea is interesting. in any event, i have eaten plenty of watermelon over the years and have yet to keel over (i tend to attribute occasional stomach problems to drinking too much of that attrocious beer).
Laundry in upscale PRC hotels is very affordable. You could consider taking fewer clothes, and getting laundry done mid-trip if you have 2 nights in the same hotel (3 to be extra-safe).
i agree with you in principle, so long as "hotels" is removed from the bolded sentence. ime, flagged hotels in china are just as extorntionate in this respect as their counterparts elsewhere (seoul and los angeles are my two most recent data points). fortunately, it's usually possible to find a "chinese laundry" within 500 m. of fancy hotels.