In Reply to: Just a couple of questions drjulian.... posted by Magnolia on Tuesday, 3. June 2008 at 19:32 Bali Time:
I've been holding my tongue all these months regarding raspberry juice because I'm a tactful fellow and I didn't want to be impolite and say I really believe it's a load of cobblers. I'm sure I'll be corrected by right-minded folk but an urban (or rural) myth based on anecdotal evidence by a few pig farmers backed up by a single very small in vitro study and absolutely no clinical trials I know of is no evidence as far as I'm concerned. There, I've got that off my chest and stand ready for flaming. My theory on Bali Belly is you'll get it or you won't and a bit of basic hygiene is all you can do. I've survived martabaks and bakso off food trolleys and had staphylococcal food poisoning from the L***s in Ubud. As far as the mozzies, yes, DEET-containing aerogard tropical (Didn't stop LoLM getting bitten, as usual, but neither of us has malaria or dengue - yet, tho the Malarone should prevent malaria) but the fluids really only got going after 4pm. The Tjampuhan is magic - but there are so many magic places and, hey, I'm fickle.