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Health: Fortunately we didn’t have any drinking. Drink only bottled water and urban areas, particularly in slums. An
significant ills on our trip other than an make sure the caps are sealed when excellent Indian product, Odomos skin
occasional GI upset due more to changes you purchase or obtain them. We often cream (www.odomoscream.com) smells
in diet and rigors of travel. But it’s good asked for sparkling water, which pretty good, is easy on the skin and effective.
to be prepared. Obviously make sure you much assured there wasn’t tap water in Find it at almost any Indian shop or
have prescriptions enough for the trip. the bottles. Don’t drink anything with store selling health care products or or-
Check with the CDC ( http://wwwnc.cdc. ice; the exception is some of the nicer der online before you leave.
gov/ ) and talk with your doctor about hotels that use sterile water for ice and Money: The national currency is the
necessary shots. Take over the counter food preparation. Also don’t open your Indian Rupee (Rs), which is divided into
products for the standard traveler ills. mouth in the shower and don’t use tap
Chances are that any medicine you’ll water when brushing your teeth. 100 paise. The Rupee exchange rate has
been volatile recently, dropping sig-
need can be had in India, but it may not Sunscreen and mosquito repellent are nificantly against the Euro, Pound and
be convenient to find when you really
need it. We also each carry an antibiotic essential. We were in India during the Dollar. Visit www.xe.com for up-to-date
dry season, which has a reduced mos-
currency conversions.
in case we picked up something nasty.
quito population, but the disease-carry-
Use common sense when eating and ing pests were still abuzz in rural and Plan to use cash when shopping in the
markets and bazaars. Keep small denom-

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