Off to the Phils in 2 months (I have questions)

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Arrived in the Phils last week. They had already got me some (bestline) water in a big blue container. It smelled and tasted like sewage but I was dehydrated from the flight. Soon after, I had stomach cramps and diarrhoea. So the wife got me 6 ltr of absolute and now 6 ltr summit, about 68 peso each. In 1 week I've drank about 25-30 litres of water and juices etc. Is this enough?

I brush my teeth and wash my face with bottled water, and if I have coffee etc, it's bottled water. But when eating rice it's wth tap water, and when we visit relatives houses they dunk 5 kg of rice on my plate lol, pretty sure it's steamed with tap water. Was worried about this, but no diarrhoea. Have had a sore throat and feeling like I have a cold, but I'm sure I got this off the wife even though she said she had no cold. But I could smell this dodgy smell on her breath for one day, and I said to her, "I'll have a cold in 2 or 3 days", and like magic, I have a cold lol.

Anyway having a great time and worried about this storm we are about to have

[London_Manila]

Arrived in the Phils last week. They had already got me some (bestline) water in a big blue container. It smelled and tasted like sewage but I was dehydrated from the flight. Soon after, I had stomach cramps and diarrhoea. So the wife got me 6 ltr of absolute and now 6 ltr summit, about 68 peso each. In 1 week I've drank about 25-30 litres of water and juices etc. Is this enough?

I brush my teeth and wash my face with bottled water, and if I have coffee etc, it's bottled water. But when eating rice it's wth tap water, and when we visit relatives houses they dunk 5 kg of rice on my plate lol, pretty sure it's steamed with tap water. Was worried about this, but no diarrhoea. Have had a sore throat and feeling like I have a cold, but I'm sure I got this off the wife even though she said she had no cold. But I could smell this dodgy smell on her breath for one day, and I said to her, "I'll have a cold in 2 or 3 days", and like magic, I have a cold, lol.

Anyway, having a great time and worried about this storm we are about to have

Brushing my teeth with tap water never hurt me over there

Buy bottled water from a shop and avoid the local stuff delivered in massive blue containers

Sorry, I don't trust them when it comes to water deliveries

Use a good anti-bacterial hand-cleaner every time you get home from going out

Be careful what you are eating and especially where it has come from.

Don't just stick to drinking water, drink other liquids; also Coca Cola and juices are fine

Personally I dont drink much water over there except boiled water for my tea

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Brushing my teeth with tap water never hurt me over there

Buy bottled water from a shop and avoid the local stuff delivered in massive blue containers

Sorry, I don't trust them when it comes to water deliveries

Use a good anti-bacterial hand-cleaner every time you get home from going out

Be careful what you are eating and especially where it has come from

Don't just stick to drinking water, drink other liquids; also Coca Cola and juices are fine

Personally I don't drink much water over there except boiled water for my tea

Don't boil the tap water, no matter how many times you boil it, it makes no difference

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Don't boil the tap water, no matter how many times you boil it, it makes no difference

Boiled bottled water, I have to boil the water to make my tea

[irishman12]

Don't boil the tap water, no matter how many times you boil it, it makes no difference

Not sure what you mean by that? Of course boiling water makes a difference - boiling water to 100% kills all bacteria

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Not sure what you mean by that? Of course boiling water makes a difference - boiling water to 100% kills all bacteria

That's the words of my doctor here, that I should not drink tap water at all,

I asked, "what if it's boiled?" His words: "No matter how many times you boil the water it will still not be safe for you to drink". I didn't ask anymore on that.

Yes, boiling does kill bacteria, but it doesn't boil away the high mineral content, which can, I believe, give you stones, and it certainly wouldn't boil away pollutants. So this is what I will assume the doctor was referring to.

The brother-in-law was diagnosed with kidney stones just a few weeks ago, he was told not to drink the tap water any more.

In any case, even boiled and if it had low mineral content, I still wouldn't drink it, when I've seen all the polutants that the people dump in the rivers. Washing clothes and bathing, does put me off just the same