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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everywhere [/quote]

My DH is very risk adverse. The most adventuresome he has ever been traveling is Greece. I have lived all over Latin America and traveled by bus, hitch hiking, walking, etc.

Kids are under 10 years old. [/quote]
I did wait to go to countries with a high risk of gastrointestinal illness until they were big enough that I didn't have to worry as much about them being dehydrated. I wouldn't take a 4-year-old to India for instance where they can get dehydrated really quickly if they caught a bug. But I have no problem taking my 11-year-old there. She has enough body mass and will drink when I tell her to drink.[/quote]

I moved with my 2 yr old to India.  It was great.  You just have to monitor them and know what to avoid (like ingesting water in the shower/bath, the most common way people actually get sick).[/quote]
It's fine if you live there and have knowledge of local medical care, but it's also not as simple as telling kids not to drink bathwater.  We were very, very careful with our food intake and still got sick in India.  Even our local your guide got sick.  I think stats show that >50% of travelers to a place like India will have GI issues on a 2 week trip.[/quote]

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