When it's all over, the altitude sickness, jail time and
Montezuma's revenge all became laughs of the past.
There was an online option for ordering food on the train, as well, and my wife advised that I take with me a strip of Norfloxacin, which is a medicine for
Montezuma's Revenge, or "Delhi belly", as it is known locally.
Tourists struck down by
Montezuma's Revenge have been taking it since the 60s.
They moved us to a four star." My wife and I have only ever been on two package holidays, in the era well before this no win, no fee encouragement, when the rep on the coach from the airport to the hotel warned everyone, as a matter of routine, to beware of
Montezuma's Revenge.
* When I travel to Mexico, people always tell me, "Don't drink the water or you'll get
Montezuma's Revenge." When people travel to the U.S.
"I've only ever had one little bout, after I'd been ill with a bad case of
Montezuma's Revenge. This terrible black mood came over me and I didn't want to be around any more.
For Gordon Banks, it was
Montezuma's Revenge in Mexico 1970.
It's a suggestion alien to Mexico City residents who have long shunned tap water in favor of the bottled kind and to the throngs of tourists who visit the city each year, bringing with them fears of ''
Montezuma's Revenge.'' But a law recently approved by Mexico City's legislators will require all restaurants to install filters so they can offer patrons free, drinkable water that won't lead to stomach problems and other ailments.
A collegue journalist adds, "This is
Montezuma's revenge," the Latin American answer to the European military and economic conquest but five centuries later.
"While [travel books] don't include up-to-the minute information about inoculations, they include climate, food and water conditions and how to avoid illnesses such as
Montezuma's revenge in Third World countries," she says.
You never know when the local version of
Montezuma's Revenge will strike you while far from home.
