In Reply to: That's just silly... posted by Tommmo on Wednesday, 21. March 2007 at 08:41 Bali Time:
Warung/street vendor makes ice out of tapwater; places ice and water-bottles in 'bucket'; ice melts and coats bottle; tourist buys bottle and puts neck of bottle to mouth; viola...mouthful of bacteria.
A simple piece of advice I picked up from a far more experienced Bali traveller than me. It made sense, so I've followed it and passed it on. Ignore it if you don't like it...no need for name-calling.