Drivers and Diners - Where you eating?

Have you ever been anywhere and suffered gastric distress from the cuisine?
I had a few unpleasant days in Isla Mujeres, Q.R., Mexico in 2018. In Panajachel, Guatemala 2023 both my wife and I were treated for issues that required both antibiotics and an antiparasitic. Also in 2023 I might have left Ethiopia with a gift from a friend's home cooking.

I don't think it is too bad for eating in over 80 countries in the last seven years.

The first two boxes of medication are the same thing from different companies. We try to always have some with us. Third picture is what we got from the free clinic in Guatemala.
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I had a few unpleasant days in Isla Mujeres, Q.R., Mexico in 2018. In Panajachel, Guatemala 2023 both my wife and I were treated for issues that required both antibiotics and an antiparasitic. Also in 2023 I might have left Ethiopia with a gift from a friend's home cooking.

I don't think it is too bad for eating in over 80 countries in the last seven years.

The first two boxes of medication are the same thing from different companies. We try to always have some with us. Third picture is what we got from the free clinic in Guatemala.
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You have a well hardened digestive track my friend!

I spent a lot of time in Ethiopia and always got sick, always. The food tasted good but the sanitary precautions weren’t sanitary at all. With very few exceptions when the cattle are slaughtered they are cut into smaller chunks and then displayed on boards with rusty nails in an open air market. The meat is swarming with flys as they cut off chunks. As in most of the Third World there is no concept of modern ‘butcher cuts’ it’s just random hacking.

In Addis you might find some imported meat in the nicer more modern markets and restaurants but in the vast majority of places it’s as described above.

Safe travels and enjoy!
 
You have a well hardened digestive track my friend!

I spent a lot of time in Ethiopia and always got sick, always. The food tasted good but the sanitary precautions weren’t sanitary at all. With very few exceptions when the cattle are slaughtered they are cut into smaller chunks and then displayed on boards with rusty nails in an open air market. The meat is swarming with flys as they cut off chunks. As in most of the Third World there is no concept of modern ‘butcher cuts’ it’s just random hacking.

In Addis you might find some imported meat in the nicer more modern markets and restaurants but in the vast majority of places it’s as described above.

Safe travels and enjoy!
When I was staying at the Hilton Addis Ababa there was a wedding there and they hacked up a cow in the lobby.
 
You have a well hardened digestive track my friend!

I spent a lot of time in Ethiopia and always got sick, always. The food tasted good but the sanitary precautions weren’t sanitary at all. With very few exceptions when the cattle are slaughtered they are cut into smaller chunks and then displayed on boards with rusty nails in an open air market. The meat is swarming with flys as they cut off chunks. As in most of the Third World there is no concept of modern ‘butcher cuts’ it’s just random hacking.

In Addis you might find some imported meat in the nicer more modern markets and restaurants but in the vast majority of places it’s as described above.

Safe travels and enjoy!
I liked this part of Ethiopia much better than Addis.

 
Some Ethiopian food from my spring 2023 visit to Addis Ababa.
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I thought the Ethiopian restaurant in North Dakota was better.
I'm not an adventurous eater; the one time I went out of country I ate local and spent a week shitting and taking pills to stop the shitting.
I admire your travels, I bet your stomach has evolved into a powerhouse, continue traveling safe
 
I'm not an adventurous eater; the one time I went out of country I ate local and spent a week shitting and taking pills to stop the shitting.
I admire your travels, I bet your stomach has evolved into a powerhouse, continue traveling safe
Thank you.
 
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