"Alfred Molon" <alfred_molonm> wrote in message
news:MPG.22bd060c61f1d61b98bcb6@news.supernews.com ...
> In article <6bg2esF3b098oU1@mid.>, tims next home says...
>>
>> When travelling in China there are two rules that you will very much
>> regret
>> breaking:
>>
>> 1) never, ever, ever, drink the tap water (don't even use it for cleaning
>> your teeth),
>> 2) don't forget to take toilet paper with you everywhere.
>>
>> So the answer to this question is: branded bottled water (check the seals
>> before you buy) and toilet paper.
>
> What a nonsense. In all places where I stayed they had clean western
> style toilets with toilet papers
I wasn't referring to "places where one stays", I was referring to "whilst
one is out and about". This is what the question was about.
> and brushing the teeth with tap water
> caused no problems.
Until you get unlucky. You are probably right that this might be
unnecessary, but who's to know
> It sounds you have been staying in extremely cheap low-end places with
> shared toilets.
The water in the most expensive hotel comes from the same place as the
grottiest flee-pit. If a town's water isn't treated by the municipality,
then it isn't treated by the hotel. I was only following advice give to me
by colleagues, all of whom, without exception, had been ill whilst there.
tim