In Reply to: do i really need all this stuff posted by lincoln on Friday, 5. June 2009 at 21:43 Bali Time:
I havent had time to do a JBR yet - will do it over the long weekend.
Party of 5 girls travelling. I have been to Bali around 15 times and one other lady has been many times as well.
3 in our group got very sick. One had about a 36 hour dose of gasto, another just a mild 24 hours that didnt really eventuate to much. But the other lady got extremely sick and was pretty much unable to do anything for the last 4 days of her trip. SEVERE diarrhoea which she still has now at home. She is on strong antibiotics for a parasite in her bowel. The ending to their part of the trip was horrendous. She saw a doctor at the hotel in Bali and was basically given all the wrong meds. The australian doctor here suggested it all go in the bin which was a bit of a worry!!!
We were all extremely careful - ate at busy, clean restaurants, quite often more upmarket. We were staying in a beautiful villa which I would class as extremely clean!! So it is the luck of the draw. My sister and myself were fine the whole trip. We all ate at the same places etc so who knows.
So definitely take immodium or similar and stemetil or similar for nausea. We all had dettol hand sanitiser and wipes and used them regularly. So I would suggest they are a must.
I dont think poor old Denise will be going back in a hurry. It was really awful and she has lost at least 5kg in weight. (that is the only positive that we can have a laugh about) although she is little and cant afford to lose anymore
have a great trip - it certainly hasnt turned me off loving Bali - just makes you a bit wary