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Subject: Re: One more Westerdam caribbean question -- beverages Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:29 -0400



cha wrote:
> On 11 Apr 2008 13:06:04 GMT, ba412@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Tudor Jones)
> wrote:
>
>> cha (darbsmit@yahoo.com) writes:
>>> ................There
>>> is so much to haul along with us when we board but I'm wondering if
>>> it's reasonable to pick up a few cans or 6-pack when we are in a port
>>> and bring on.
>> Some years ago we bought a plastic litre bottle of 7Up in Puerto Rico, and
>> it was bad.
>>
>> One sip and I left it alone. Another person in our party drank a glass
>> and had the runs all next day.
>
> So you would recommend either bringing beverages along with us from
> Ft. Lauderdale or sticking to drinking what we get on the ship, right?
> For max safety, you're probably right. You don't hear about the old
> "Montezuma's revenge" like you use to. I figured that most of what we
> got from a bottle would be fine. I suppose there is something to be
> said for caution but I'd hate to think I couldn't drink anything on a
> half-day excursion in a warm climate.

We have never had a problem in any port buying a drink that is in a
sealed bottle. I would not worry about eating or drinking anything in
Puerto Rico, just the same as at home.

The ports you asked about, I would not worry about what you eat or drink.

sue