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If you were in another country would you drink their water or bring you're own? For me (being from Canada), I would drink water in Western Europe, and most of the US. Other than that I'd bring my own water just in case.



P.S. I know this is a pretty stupid topic, but I was trying to think of a topic to post that didn't involve Evolution VS. Christianity, or America rocks/sucks and this was the first idea I had. :)

No Mexican water. *Shudders* I probably would try it from anywhere else though.

If you were in another country would you drink their water or bring you're own? For me (being from Canada), I would drink water in Western Europe, and most of the US. Other than that I'd bring my own water just in case.

Hey, what's wrong with our water? :p

(Places like Japan and Singapore are safe, too...)

first world i try it once, but cant stand most water - i live in one of the few >1Million people cities with only catchment water supplies (most places have resused, reclaimed or preused water...)

Well, being Scottish and hence used to very "soft" water, I can't drink English water because it gives me an upset stomach. Sames goes for Spanish water. I can drink Cypriot water though, but generally I still drink bottled water, even when I'm not abroad, since it tastes better.

Well, being Scottish and hence used to very "soft" water, I can't drink English water because it gives me an upset stomach. Sames goes for Spanish water. I can drink Cypriot water though, but generally I still drink bottled water, even when I'm not abroad, since it tastes better.
English water?
The water where I live in England is also very soft.

So lets say you go on a trip to China. For two weeks.

What...you're gonna pack 30 or 40 litres of water in a suitcase and take it with you?

Get real. You would have a hard time carrying around the water you would need for two weeks. They make water purification pills, or you can boil and filter it.



Or for crying out loud, drink Coca-Cola for two weeks.

You aren't gonna carry all that water, trust me.

oh yeah - having done quality assurance (quality control) in a drinks factory i know that (in melbourne at least) the water is straight out the tap and through a simple nylon filter...

Hey, what's wrong with our water? :p

(Places like Japan and Singapore are safe, too...)


I've never been to Japan, but I guess I'd try their water out. Singapore, however, when I went there last summer I didn't like their water. Not that it's unsafe, I just thought it had a crappy taste. :D

English water?
The water where I live in England is also very soft.
Well, naturally it doesn't go hard as soon as you step over the border. I can't drink the water in the south of England.

The water in England varies from region to region. I live in Shropshire and the water is very, very hard. We can't put water straight into a kettle without putting it in a water filter first because it'll ruin the kettle very quickly. But where my grandmother lives, in Cheshire, they have very soft water.

Anyway, to the point, it depends where I am. I'm going to Spain at the end of next month for various reasons, and I'll drink the water there without any qualms -- assuming they have any left by the time I get there, that is. The same with Malta; although their water is a little salty, it's safe to drink.

But if I was going to Africa, or one of the poorer Eastern or Middle Eastern countries, then probably not. It helps to research wherever you're going beforehand, so you know what to expect.

Well, naturally it doesn't go hard as soon as you step over the border. I can't drink the water in the south of England.
Ditto, don't know why but it always tastes warm, even when it's not!

I've never been to Japan, but I guess I'd try their water out. Singapore, however, when I went there last summer I didn't like their water. Not that it's unsafe, I just thought it had a crappy taste. :D

Well, i've never been there, but I would trust it. Not that I drink water anyway. Hehehe.

no but only because I never drink water on holiday not because of health fears.

When I was hiking in the Andes we drank lots and lots of water, but it was out of streams. We were meant to put iodine in it, but nobody ever did...ad noone was sick from it.

When I was hiking in the Andes we drank lots and lots of water, but it was out of streams. We were meant to put iodine in it, but nobody ever did...ad noone was sick from it.

One of the main concerns there is comes from cysts-Giardia and Cryptospridium. The symptoms are similar to other gastrointestinal disorders and would be pretty obvious within a week or so.

I hope that period has passed and you are without symptoms..

One of the main concerns there is comes from cysts-Giardia and Cryptospridium. The symptoms are similar to other gastrointestinal disorders and would be pretty obvious within a week or so.

I hope that period has passed and you are without symptoms..
It was about 3 years ago, and we were there for a month, so we would have known before we got home. But it was clear and clean mountain water from melting snow, nothing wrong with it.

German water tends to be rather clean. If the water smells or tastes bad, I wouldn't drink it...

Us in Sweden are pretty soiled about the water, it´s very clean. I´ve been to some other countries, but I generally don´t like the taste of the water. I do prefer the water at my grandfathers home over ours, though (he lives about 50 km from here).

I would try. if it sucks I can always spit it out

I don't drink HK water unless it's boiled first, if I can help it. It comes from China. And at any rate it tastes kinda funny. Also it's so damn hot here, even the cold water is like 28 degrees C. So boiling it and refrigerating it's the only logical thing to do.
As for China's water - ewww. Bottle all the way, thank you very much.

Speaking of which I just noticed the poll options. Have you been to China, Tremerica?

(Places like Japan and Singapore are safe, too...)

Kyoto has possibly the cleanest water in the world. I watched a documentary on the Discovery Times channel about it (or was it History International?). It's not even treated or filtered, and it's still 100% cleaner than that!

Wherever I am I drink the Beer. Water is for washing and cooking.

Kyoto has possibly the cleanest water in the world. I watched a documentary on the Discovery Times channel about it (or was it History International?). It's not even treated or filtered, and it's still 100% cleaner than that!
It depends on where the water comes from. Is it from sea, river, lake, glacier, spring or ground water. If it's so clean it has to be one of the latter ones.
I drink lake water and it tastes surprisingly good.

What's so bad about China? I need reasons.

Boiled water should be fine.

It depends on where the water comes from. Is it from sea, river, lake, glacier, spring or ground water. If it's so clean it has to be one of the latter ones.
I drink lake water and it tastes surprisingly good.

Kyoto has a massive groundwater reservoir under the city (it's actually *bigger* than the city area, and is very deep).

*And for boiling water: You best filter it, as well. Boiling doesn't kill the chemicals.

Err... That's why you buy bottled water in China. Price isn't too steep, either.

But if I was going to Africa, or one of the poorer Eastern or Middle Eastern countries, then probably not. It helps to research wherever you're going beforehand, so you know what to expect.

I'm from South Africa, and the water here is fine. Drink it all the time, straight out the tap.

Curiously enough, while I was in the US the water there tasted very dodgy by comparison.

I'd drink quite a lot of tap water without complaint. However if I'm in a country where there are intestinal parasites in the water and shit loads of heavy metals then I don't. However as I was on a limited budget whilst in that country ($100 a month) I couldn't be too fussy. For drinking water is had to bottled with tamper proof things, like a screw on plastic cap with attaching plastic ring and being fizzy. It's it's fizzy then you know it's at least gone through some process. For use in cooking then I'd have to lapse and drink boiled water and hope for the best about the heavy metals. For washing, tap water all the way.

One of my friends did drink unboiled tapwater and promtly developed symtoms of Giardia.

Well, being Scottish and hence used to very "soft" water, I can't drink English water because it gives me an upset stomach. Sames goes for Spanish water. I can drink Cypriot water though, but generally I still drink bottled water, even when I'm not abroad, since it tastes better.

The Spanish water changes on every zone. In coastal zones I recommend you to buy bottles, but in Madrid the water is soft, great.

I would drink the water in most nations. When I went on holiday to Egypt, the tapwater caused gallstones, so I drank bottled water instead. My friend had a gallstone from drinkin the water from Belgium.

If you were in another country would you drink their water or bring you're own? For me (being from Canada), I would drink water in Western Europe, and most of the US. Other than that I'd bring my own water just in case.



P.S. I know this is a pretty stupid topic, but I was trying to think of a topic to post that didn't involve Evolution VS. Christianity, or America rocks/sucks and this was the first idea I had. :)

I always carry at least a hectoliter of homegrown water with me wherever I go. If I travel to colder regions I never let go of a suitcase full of WARM water. You can never trust the heating facilities to be highly poisonous abroad.

Gimme a break!

My friend had a gallstone from drinkin the water from Belgium.

Proves you should drink beer in Belgium. Eigen schuld, dikke bult!

Beter had k het zelf niet kunnen zeggen!

Just come back from 3 weeks in Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary), and was drinking local water every day - and I've had no problems at all.

i wouldnt drink the water in other countries, not because i think there is anything wrong with it (if there was the locals wouldnt drink it) its just that when i go abroard and drink tap water it gives me the dreaded squits :eek: .... summit to do with the mineral content i think

It's all about adjusting... (spelling?)
Me i'm always drinkin local water or local beer (most of because i don't drink coca cola, of politician reasons) and i got no problem, almost no matter where i go...
Though my bro always drinks soft drinks and so, and even the water at home (we live in DK) is making him sick...

And whoever said that Kyoto got the cleanest water in the world:
Try go to italy,,, In Rome you CAN drink from the fountains (though i wouldn't reccomend it!) that's great :)

Living in Germany does have some advantages - one being the very high standard for drinking water out of your tap.

Living in the North of Göttingen, we get our water from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harz -mountains region (yes, just like where they got the stuff from in Pulp Fiction).

It's quite tasty, actually, and now I even prefer it to the water from where I grew up.

Some U.S. water tastest like sipping from a swimming pool - what's up with all that chlorine crap in the water?!? Bad sign if you have to add that...

Depends.

I say it'll depend. I've traveled and I know tap water quality differs a lot around. I'd drink bottled water anywhere, but tap water...

Well, despite the fact my home country is said to have the best and purest water on Earth, I still don't like the tap water in many big cities. But I'm used to too good - the tapwater in my hometown has been found to be the purest water on the planet. Spring water, of course

...and we use it to wash our cars T_T

Anyway, I'm pretty finicky with water, but before I travel somewhere, I usually find out about the tap water quality

Only American, just for the flouride. No Mexican water, my friend got salmanela (sp?) from that stuff.

I live just south of Buxton, so the water in my area is pretty damn good.

But I still mostly drink bottled water. I just happen to like the slightly bitter taste of Carbonated water, and it's easier to refrigerate.

Well, nothing happens to me after drinking eastern european water, but I definatly would not drink chinese water.

Drink Alchol. :P

I drink water in most places, but I buy alot of bottled water 'cos it's easier to carry around, but I do refil them from taps.

The water where I'm from (Cheshire) is medium. Which is nice :) I can actually drink harder waters, but I find the softer ones sickly.

The reason why people in the Middle Ages drank beer instead of water was because they wouldn't get as sick. Of course they didn't know that was from the alcohol

There was one commercial running for some portable water filter...
two guys were sitting at the pool drinking cocktails all day, reciting the mantra "don't drink the local water"

and while drinking, one guy studies his glass and asks, "I wonder how they make their ice?"