Anti-Bac to Basics

Just a quick post to remind you to bring some anti-bacterial gel with you on your trip.

Bare in mind that you will likely use toilets that are basically a hole in the floor, with no loo roll or a sink to wash your hands in. You may also sleep in a dirty room with holes in the walls and get on a sleeper train full of cockroaches. These things happen and they just make you want to constantly wash your hands. And soap isn’t always in the vicinity. In fact it rarely is.

My main thing was stroking cute dogs and cats in Asia then panicking that I didn’t get that rabies jab… A squirt of anti-bac sorted me out and put my mind at rest. Although I’m pretty sure it doesnt actually cures diseases… There was also this one time I had a swim in a local river in Laos only to spot the pipes pumping sewage into it… Yep. That happened. Again, anti-bac is limited in its powers but a few pumps didn’t do any harm until I found the nearest shower!

Oh god that story makes me feel sick just thinking about it…

Anyway, where I’m going with this is a bottle of anti-bac never did anyone any harm.

But saying that don’t go mental on the stuff. You always catch the odd germaphobe traveller pulling out their bottle every time they touch a door handle. Don’t be that person. Sure it’s better to be safe than sorry blah blah blah, but you’re there to enjoy yourself. This is an adventure and you don’t want to miss sunset at Angkor Wat because you were too busy applying antibacterial gel like a mad woman because your bike handles looked a bit dodgy…

One bottle will suffice.