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I can't remember if I avoided anything!! All the water at our hotel was filtered, so that I knew. My dr was more concerned with me getting dehydrated or over heated

I think the main issues are related to water- avoid ice cubes, because even if your water is bottled, often the water for ice is just plain old tap water. Same for salads and cut fruits- they'll wash the veggies in tap water, and you can sometimes get bugs that way.

I wouldn't worry at all about fruits & veg that you peel yourself- oranges, bananas, avocados etc. If you feel comfortable, sometimes when traveling I would take non-peeling fruit (like an apple), and wash it with bottled water, just as a precaution.

Also, it's hard to break the habit, but I'd get so mad when I was good about bottled water all day, then I'd unthinkingly put my toothbrush under the tap! So annoying!

@Ms.Pumpkin: bottled water will not help your fruit, it has to be disinfected.

@mamimami: yes, you're right. I'm probably not the one to give advice, as I wasn't always the most cautious traveler!

Mayo! !!! MIL had a really bad encounter with bad mayo.

Call the hotel! I bet their ice is filtered!!

I have traveled around the world in many developing countries where the risk of foodborne illness is high (India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and others) and I have NEVER gotten sick except for a terrible month-long ordeal resulting from one innocent afternoon in Sayulita, Mexico (north of PV). I had a limonata (no ice) at a nice bar (where all our friends had Coronas) and ended up with a flagellate GI tract parasite that had me down for the count for about a month. A week suffering through the rest of my vacation, two weeks after we got home to get it diagnosed (rounds of antibiotics didn't touch it, as that's the wrong mechanism for this sort of bug), and a week of taking a CRAZY awful pill to kill the bugs. The remedy was almost worse than the affliction.

That is all by way of saying, DO NOT DRINK ANY FRUIT JUICES. Limonota and other juices can be cut with water, and if that water is not clean, you end up where I did. Even from a nice popular tourist bar. And I thought I was being safe by avoiding the ice. There is no way you could while pregnant take the hard-core drug I had to take to get rid of the parasite, and I'm sure the parasite would be no bueno for baby either.

I'd also follow the other typical rules of avoiding ice, any vegetables that haven't been cooked, and any fruits you didn't peel yourself (and avoid unpeelable fruits like strawberries altogether), and don't brush your teeth with the tap water.

Enjoy your trip!!!

@coopsmama: it was fun. The formal restaurant is extremely slow... Plan for dinner taking a long time. We generally preferred eating at the casual one for that reason since we had our LO with us. She went bonkers the night dinner took hours.

For breakfast the precooked was kind of meh but the cook to order eggs were always good. For lunch, I *loved* the fajitas. That was seriously the best thing I ate all week! The resort tries to do all these theme nights but their Mexican food is the best out of all the cuisines.

Our friends enjoyed the various activities that were planned. We didn't really get to do any of them because we had nap times and stuff but things like Aquafit looked fun.

Btw if they have a problem with their room, definitely complain and try to get moved. Some of our friends had issues with their rooms and got upgraded to better views, etc.

Have a great vacation and hope your parents do too!