What is your thoughts on eating cheese when traveling?

“As bad as it may taste, it keeps the intestines in order.” — I love that. I’m laughing. It sounds paradoxical, but it’s so true.

@Agne, Roy: Thanks!

@Jeremy: We’ve gathered a bunch from our experience, some of it hard lessons. As travelers your perspective on health, maintaining it, and what you choose to do in light of it all is a learning module in itself.

@Talon: Very good point about watching how dishes are washed, and what sort of water, solution, or munge they are washed in. Many places in SE Asia seem to have a final bleach wash these days.

I wish I could say that we abide by the “clean bathrooms” motto, but alas, we do not. We’ve eaten in 100s of tasty restaurants with absolute horrorshows for bathrooms.

Looking at kitchens is a good idea, too. However, we abandoned that too when we went to Bangladesh. All we hoped for was that the food was hot when it came out. (It wasn’t always, but we managed to stay healthy anyhow.)

Thanks a bunch for the thoughtful comment.

@Anthony: I hear you. Chiang Mai is easy — just the sort of place to ease up and let your guard down.

Wow, I like that: Eat where you see mothers taking their kids. That works, except in cultures where there are no women out and about…thereby excluding many Muslim cultures.

Thanks for the comment and tip!

Your tips nailed it. I’d add one more though, some wisdom I once got from a looooooong-time globetrotter:

“Eat where you see mothers taking their kids.”