Travel Tip Number 7 - Raw Food

We will be staying in good hotels that use filtered water to wash the fruits and vegetables. When you stop and think about it -- these hotels do not want to lose their good status with the tour companies, so they are very careful. But we need to be careful also! Here are a few important considerations.

Has the fruit or vegetable been pealed? That pealing can eliminate all worries. We will find at hotel buffets trays of pealed and sliced vegetables -- cucumbers, carrots, apples, papayas, the list goes on and on. These foods are ok to eat raw.

LETTUCE is the biggest problem. All the little ridges in lettuce cannot be scrubbed adequately and of course lettuce cannot be pealed. Do yourself a favor and Forget that Lettuce even exists!! And I am not exaggerating. The fanciest and cleanest restaurants will offer you lettuce -- do NOT take it. Recent problems with santitation in the US should already have you convinced about this.

BANANAS offer the perfect fruit. Easy to peal and eat. Plus there are so many unusual and different varieties to try as we travel along. Also we will have the opportunity to drink fresh coconut milk out of the coconut and then eat the "gel" inside. What a treat!