On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Michael Orchard <mspadorchard_at_comcast.net>wrote: > > Street vendors were one of the biggest problems, according to the speaker, > because the food is often cooked elsewhere, then transported and stored all > day in unsafe ways ... and sold hours later. > > Very true. One of the skill sets to traveling in foreign countries is to learn to recognize the street vendors that are "most likely" safe and if they are deep-frying their food in front of you (like fish-taco stands do in La Paz, BCS, Mexico for instance) then that is very likely safe. You can also see just how they are moving and storing any food prepared elsewhere if you look around their stand. Since we were on a cruising sailboat we didn't spend enough time in one place to get "acclimatized" although a physician advised us that we were no more, or less, likely to get sick from poorly stored food than a local. There are, however, some localized bacteria (particularly in the water) that one can get "used to". We did lead "taco walking" tours in La Paz for visiting yachties in which we showed them the places we had found to be safe. No one, that I knew anyway, got sick on one of these. But in Rio de Janeiro, where I lived for a few years, no one I knew - local or visitor - ever drank the water without first filtering it and then boiling it for 15 minutes. Although, after a few months, I brushed my teeth with tap water. Probably not all that smart. But here I am hale and hearty at age 66 and barely look 88. :) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 26 2009 - 16:12:25 PDT
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