Safety Summary

[kjdrga]

I agree with JanH I brushed my teeth with tap water sometimes it was filtered other times not, just don't swallow. You don't have to rinse you toothbruth with bottled water as long as it dries no bateria will survive. I basically lived in the countryside for 2 1/2 years and ate everything and anything and never got that sick. I do caution you may get sick if you just overate any one thing, which I tend to do when it comes to mangoes.

I would bring long sleeve shirts for dusk and dawn to help against mosquitoes it helps. Some say if you start taking B 12 or 6 vitamins about two weeks before your trip you'll emit an odor which they don't like and will be kinder to you.

Relax, lay back and enjoy the sights, sounds and ceverza.

[Chris]

When we first started coming here with young kids (younger than yours at the time), we carried some 'baby-wipes' or 'easy-wipes' along to wipe their hands every now and again, especially after handling fruit at local fruit stands. Never had a problem. We've lived here now for four months and your young 'uns should be fine if you follow the sensible suggestions in the previous posts.

[Dominican Babe]

Some say if you start taking B 12 or 6 vitamins about two weeks before your trip you'll emit an odor which they don't like and will be kinder to you.

I tried that too - didn't work for me!

[kjdrga]

DB it didn't work for me either and I wasn't too keen on apply a lot of DEET so my best defense was long sleeves and pants at dusk and dawn and I ususally had to problems.