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Thread ID: 113544 2010-10-25 04:58:00 Shopping in Bangkok ... Jen (38) PC World Chat
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1147522 2010-11-08 19:35:00 Hope all is well Jen I'm sure you can go over soon gary67 (56)
1147523 2010-11-08 20:05:00 Get better soon ...! At least you have a PC and an internet connection to keep you entertained at home if you're off sick :D Chilling_Silence (9)
1147524 2010-11-08 20:12:00 I only leave for work, and trips to the bottle store...

I generally do that (drop in to the bottle store) on the way home from work

Have a great trip

*goes away muttering "some people are so lucky"*

EDIT: oops didnt read whole thread, sorry to hear that Jen (bummer)
Gobe1 (6290)
1147525 2010-11-08 22:42:00 Sorry to read about that Jen, must've been a tremendous disappointment for you. But better if it's going to happen at all, to happen on home turf. Hope you had travel insurance that covers your circumstances.

Get well soon. :thumbs:
WalOne (4202)
1147526 2010-11-08 23:34:00 But in India I got terrible dysentery in spite of avoiding street food and taking all precautions.

I've been to India twice. First time was quite a few years ago. I didn't eat street food but still got very sick and needed medical attention. I was travelling on a tight budget so I guess the odds were against me.

Last time was a couple of years back and I was working for the NZ Govt so was put up in a very good hotel. I too took all precautions because vivid memories of lying on the toilet floor unable to get up and still there when the doctor arrived, were still etched in my mind. Last trip I drank nothing but bottled water, boiled water to refill bottles, ate VERY carefully, and still got a dose of the collywobbles, but not so severe that liquid concrete couldn't plug it.

My policy now is not to eat anything that isn't to hot for flies to land on! Makes you appreciate NZ, but then I don't patronise any of the third-world eateries that have sprung up everywhere. I know people who eat out or have takeaways a lot and are regularly sick, but seem to accept it as a normal hazard.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
1147527 2010-11-08 23:37:00 Thanks for all your kinds words. I am getting better each day. :)

I have full travel insurance so will make a claim against that.
Jen (38)
1147528 2010-11-08 23:47:00 Good to hear. Snorkbox (15764)
1147529 2010-11-09 02:39:00 Makes you appreciate NZ, but then I don't patronise any of the third-world eateries that have sprung up everywhere. I know people who eat out or have takeaways a lot and are regularly sick, but seem to accept it as a normal hazard.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

Topical at least for me. Yesterday around lunch time I bought a Nasi Goreng from the local TWE. By 6:00pm I had stomach cramps, and by midnight I was seriously considering heading off to the A&E. This morning, Montezuma's revenge took it's toll, but now I'm starting to feel OK and hungry for the first time since the NG. So yes, beware the local TWEs.

And this happened in beautiful Downtown Ellerslie. Gad! The bounders should be run out of town, I say. :mad:
WalOne (4202)
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