[Shoshana]

i stayed at the marriott with my sister. i can assure you that their coffee is fine because my sister drank about a gallon a day and had no problems.

i was reasonably cautious, avoided most fruits and veggies (except for the fabulous guacamole which I ate every day), and drank lots of diet cokes.

my stomach was bothering me the first couple of days we were there but i think that was just travel/stress related. the day after i arrived home, i became violently ill with vomitting, d, and a high fever. i had prescription cipro with me. i'm still not sure why it took 24 hours - anyone have any ideas? i ended up in the hospital for dehydration.

in retrospect, i believe it was either the seafood stirfry at the marriott the night before i left (it didn't taste good and i didn't finish eating it) or the salsa from the restaurant in antigua.

i think it would be really tough to carry enough food to eat - and the food was excellent so that would've been hard too. when i was sick, i kept thinking, "this is such a small price to pay, it will be over soon."