On 21 Dec 2004 14:38:36 -0800, "yaofengchen@gmail.com"
wrote:
>(I hope my reply doesn't show up twice. My first attempt ended in the
>server error.)
>
>You know, I bet if I stay in China 6 more months I'll be fully
>acclimated and can eat anything I want without ever getting sick.
>Unfortunately I have been in the hygenic US too long (25 years). I
>have lost all resistance to these germs that bug me. I am also more
>adventurous than I should. My motto is if you can eat it, why can't I?
>So I suffer the consequence as a results. My body is very much a
>barometer of how clean water is where I travel. I got sick in
>Thailand, in Brazil (two out of three trips), and in China (three in
>three weeks).
Do you drink unboiled water in every place you visit? I hope not. You
could get cholera, shistosomiasis, and various other horrible diseases
in some places.
[snip]
>Regarding Chinese food, I don't care too much for the northern cuisine.
>Is it a mere coincidence I am of southern geneaology?
[snip]
Clearly it isn't. Beijing food in my experience is terrific. I also
love Cantonese food, so I'm not being biased here.
Michael
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