In Reply to: so sorry posted by trembler on Thursday, 13. March 2008 at 10:29 Bali Time:
sorry to hear you had such a bad trip and both got ill. We have lived in Bali and had young children living in Bali and we never became in at all. We never eat in restaurants and only eat off the small carts in the village or our family cooks. I feel more save eating off the carts than in a restaurant. I think some of the restaurants keep their food too long in the fridge, where the warungs buy their food daily. But thats just my opinion. I did Janet De Neefe's cooking class a couple of years ago. One lady asked at the class how people got bali belly and she never did etc. Janet replied its a combination of a whole heap of different foods that you don't normally eat, some peoples bodies don't adjust. Not drinking enough water and also eating alot of tropical fruit on an empty stomach at your hotel buffets. At home in Oz you wouldn't be eating all that stuff for breakfast, especially fresh pineapple. Fresh pineapple is very acidic to have on an empty stomach. Please don't let this stop you going back to bali, this was just one unfortunate experience