When I visited Mexico in 1998 I didn't eat any Mexican food. As I was an exchange student and my host family strongly discouraged it I abstained from eating any. I still regret it.
Since then I have travelled far and wide and have eaten at places where dirt passes as the restaurant floor and other guests are chooks and stary dogs. And you know what, in my experience those are the places where the food is the best. My best travel advise is that you eat where the locals eat. If its crowded with locals give it a go.
You may think that I have a tough stomach that can take it, or that I have just been lucky, but that's not the case. The ultimate test, the place where everyone gets sick, - India - I didn't. Nope I actually gained 5 kg! No wonder, because Indian food is really quite fattening. Just look at this guy pooring Ghee into the cooking pot. But to all of you out there thinking of travelling to India, please do the same. Indulge in all the wornderful food sold on the streets, on corner cafes, and just do as I did, limit your amount of indian kingfisher beer - as a fellow traveller told me - you drink too much of it you will end up with a sick stomach! ( something in it that makes you sick- and I actually talked to some travellers about this - they were so curious as to how one had gotten "food poisoning" whereas the other didnt, - I asked did you have a few kingfiher beer that day, and he affirmed.
So the most valuable advise - listen to seasoned travellers- they can give great advice of do's and don't.
This picture is taken in a small town called Bundi where Kipling was inspired to write Kim. Its a beautiful city with watercolored buildings in the middle of nowhere quite off the beaten tourist trails...
Since then I have travelled far and wide and have eaten at places where dirt passes as the restaurant floor and other guests are chooks and stary dogs. And you know what, in my experience those are the places where the food is the best. My best travel advise is that you eat where the locals eat. If its crowded with locals give it a go.
You may think that I have a tough stomach that can take it, or that I have just been lucky, but that's not the case. The ultimate test, the place where everyone gets sick, - India - I didn't. Nope I actually gained 5 kg! No wonder, because Indian food is really quite fattening. Just look at this guy pooring Ghee into the cooking pot. But to all of you out there thinking of travelling to India, please do the same. Indulge in all the wornderful food sold on the streets, on corner cafes, and just do as I did, limit your amount of indian kingfisher beer - as a fellow traveller told me - you drink too much of it you will end up with a sick stomach! ( something in it that makes you sick- and I actually talked to some travellers about this - they were so curious as to how one had gotten "food poisoning" whereas the other didnt, - I asked did you have a few kingfiher beer that day, and he affirmed.
So the most valuable advise - listen to seasoned travellers- they can give great advice of do's and don't.
This picture is taken in a small town called Bundi where Kipling was inspired to write Kim. Its a beautiful city with watercolored buildings in the middle of nowhere quite off the beaten tourist trails...
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