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Illness

You can’t drink the water: Drink bottled water only, and brush your teeth in it too. Bottled water is cheap and many hotels and resorts provide complimentary water. It’s advisable not to have ice in your drinks either, unless it’s a reputable hotel, restaurant or bar. Better be safe than suffer.

To avoid getting sick overseas, follow these key rules

It may go by amusing names such as Delhi belly, Bali belly, the backyard trots or Montezuma’s revenge, but there’s nothing entertaining about traveller’s diarrhoea.

  • by Brian Johnston