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elgordo	Jul 2 2009, 03:55 AM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 15-June 09 Member No.: 282251 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Please be careful in Indonesia, friend of mine I met whilst travelling in Thialand in Febraury 09 died after drinking a cocktail laced with Arak, the local moonshine. His Irish girlfiend also died. The homebrewed rice wine 'arak' had been contaminated with methanol, and around 25 people have so far died in indonesia.(June 09) I am surprised that there are no comments from travellers or warnings about this, it seems not to be well publicised. There is a memorial page to Rene Puper and Racheal Craig set up by a fellow traveller on this site. They were both very sensible, educated, seasoned travellers, so please be careful. El Gordo

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starlagurl	Jul 2 2009, 08:45 AM Post #2
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	That's a shame, thank you for bringing it up, El Gordo. Do you have a link to their memorial page? -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

balifamous	Jul 26 2009, 11:28 AM Post #3
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 26-July 09 From: Bali Member No.: 290342 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Sorry to hear that, Always buy the official alcohol in the Supermarkets!

salemk	Sep 4 2009, 08:06 PM Post #4
Expeditionist Group: Members Posts: 206 Joined: 30-July 09 Member No.: 291677 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Thats a shame. I drank lots of the stuff when I was there March through April of 2008 and I can recommend staying away from it. It definitely has the potential to make you stupid, crazy and not your usual drunken self. So I stopped as soon as I realized this was happening. -------------------- The time has come to make a choice. Either you choose to be at your desk, on time, everyday, or you choose to travel and see the world.

wakingdream	Sep 4 2009, 09:02 PM Post #5
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 5853 Joined: 18-August 06 From: Guelph, Ontario Member No.: 13336	So sorry to hear that. -------------------- ~Susie 'Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present.'

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