In Reply to: With posted by garymud on Monday, 5. February 2007 at 11:13 Bali Time:
I'm planning my 5th trip and have never been sick.
I don't take wipes, I usually forget to wash my hands before meals, I don't take raspberry juice, yakult or inner health plus. I don't even take multi vitamins, lol. I haven't bothered with malaria tablets since my first trip in 94.
I eat fruit that others have peeled, I have ice in my drinks, I eat salads, I eat outside the hotel from all types of restaurants and have often been the only person in the place (flying against the "only eat in busy places" rule).
I've never had Bali Belly. I occasionally come home and after a day or two I might experience mild flu like symptoms which is usually down to change in weather (coming home in winter etc).
Don't let all the super cautious ones worry you. If i had kids I might be more cautious about things, but I think a lot of the things people do have more of a placebo effect than anything else. Maybe for those with especially weak stomachs it's worth taking hand wipes, but my stomach is far from being cast iron and I'm fine.