> Do be prepared to get diarrhea during part of your trip. My family and
> I (4 people) all got it at some point on a 2-week trip to Beijing,
> Changchun, and Shanghai last summer. Avoid all fruits and vegetables
> that can't be peeled, unless they're cooked or pickled (I may be
> wrong, but I thought pickled would be OK and enjoyed pickles very much
> while I was in China).
There's a old Chinese saying & believe that when you travel, it's easy to
get 'filled up with wind'. Hence you often find many elderly Chinese
travellers with all sorts of menthol oil or tiger balm type rubs & potions,
very similar to how the Victorians travelled many years ago, always with a
bottle of smelling salts handy & a bottle of salts (old style Alcaseltzer)
to alleviate any symptoms of travel sickness, upset stomaches or just plain
old windy, farty & general burps : ) brought on by unfamiliar foods,
changing time zones, lack of sleep etc.
> Also, be prepared to get a respiratory infection and bring along a
> good remedy, such as a thing that squirts salt water into your nose.
Now i'm afraid... i know it's winter & with the shadow of SARS looming, is
it really that bad? when you say respiratory, what do you mean exactly?
colds? blocked sinuses?
DC.
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