How to maintain personal hygiene while traveling

When you are in a holiday, you would not want to spoil your precious time just because you fell sick. You need to maintain personal hygiene while you travel to any part of the world, especially the developing countries like Thailand, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, etc. However, even if you feel that a certain place is clean, you must practice these personal hygiene tips:

Toilets

When you are in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, or Afghanistan, the major issue that you are going to face is that of clean toilets. Every washroom you get on a highway is possibly in highly unhygienic condition. You may have to bear with them for most of the times, but you can use hygiene products like toilet seat tissues, keep sanitizer sprays in your bag, or just stand half squatting on an English toilet seat if you don’t find an Indian toilet seat. Else, the best way to keep yourself safe is to relieve your bladder whenever you find a clean toilet in a hotel or restaurant even if you don’t feel like.

Clean your hands

Infections travel from the hands to mouth, which then enter your body to infect you further. To avoid germs and infections, you must clean your hands with soap and water at regular intervals, even when you don’t feel that your hands are dirty. When water and soap is not available, you may use a sanitizer to kills the germs, especially before eating anything.

Tissues and toilet paper

If you are going to visit the rural areas, you will not get many facilities regarding toilet hygiene. However, you can always equip yourself with enough tissue papers and toilet rolls, which you can use in case you don’t get water to clean yourself.

Street food

If you are highly confident that you can digest the awesome variety of street food available in India, only then you must try them. Else, you cannot be too sure of the hygiene practices of street food vendors, and you must avoid those friend and oily foods even though they taste really good. If your health allows you to eat a huge variety of foods, you may want to drive Self-Drive Cars in Chennai, for example, and drive through the famous places to find the tasty foods of Tamil Nadu.

Drinking water

The water that you consume while traveling may be the carrier of germs, especially if you don’t drink bottled water. You must buy bottled water from good brands only. For instance, you may find a good brand of 1 litre of water for 20-30 INR in India. On the other hand, you can buy bottled water from local brands only for 10 INR, but you cannot guarantee that the water is actually purified.

Medicines and antiseptic liquids

The Over-the-Counter medicines are easily available in India. You can either buy the necessary medicines from any pharmacy, or carry your own medicines if you prefer your own brands of medicines. If you suffer from any chronic illness, you must carry the extra stock of those medicine that must last at least a month more in case you have to extend your trip.

Maintaining your hygiene is of utmost importance when it comes to traveling, no matter where you are in the world because you cannot lose your precious time and money by falling sick.