PolePolisher

I used to suffer from some sort of respiratory ailment on about 50% of trips but as it was always at the start of the holiday I put it down to being stuck in a plane of 11 hours with several hundred other people breathing dry, stale, re-circulated air. To say Thailand is a place of continual sickness is just silly, most Thai's I see look a lot healthier than the majority of tourists who come here. I whole heartedly agree with Owen that the indigenous bugs also are probably having a field day with our unsuspecting immune systems. Look at it this way: 11 hours+ in a plane in close proximity to hundreds of other people and no fresh air Stress from travel and acclimatisation High levels of alcohol Late hours and disrupted sleep patterns and eating habits Low resistance to local bugs It's a tribute to the human constitution that most of us aren't spending our hols in intensive care! PP