Don’t drink any water that hasn’t been bottled.
Don’t even use ice cubes, unless they are liberally soaked in alcohol.
Other than that, I’ve eaten just about everything in Mexico and never got sick.
Thanks! Agreed, don’t drink water, tho I have never heard about soaking ice in alcohol tho...
I got Hepatitis A in Mexico, but I was working in a paper mill in Durango and the canteen was the most unsanitary place I’ve ever seen in my life. The dogs running around were the main dishwashers as near as I could tell. Or it could have been the snow-cone vendor on the street.
Hopefully she’s staying in a good hotel. Basic rule is only drink bottled water and brush your teeth with same. Stay away from salads because they may have been washed in local water.
Surely you’re joking about the ice cubes. What about the microbes suspended in the ice? Besides the fact that commonly available alcohol is not even strong enough to reliably kill bacteria on the outside.
OK, I think I get the joke (I think it is more or less a joke) about the ice cubes. Little slow ‘cuz I’m not a drinker. Still wouldn’t kill all the microbes.