People go to Cuba? I thought it was pretty much closed to outside contact. But maybe that is just for those of us in the US?

What about bathing then? I mean when you take a shower, your body basically absorbs some of water.

And I only drink bottled. I live in West Virginia, do the math.

^ I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be lethal if I drank it, but I would get bad stomachaches...and the bacteria can only affect your digestive tract if you ingest it. You're not likely to "absorb" the bacteria through your skin.

Also, I drank a few cold drinks there, with ice, so I dunno what was up with that, but I didn't get any stomachaches. However, my friend who insisted that she would brush her teeth with the Cuban tap water got stomachaches. Stupid girl.


Sorry, sometimes I forget.

But say you want to take a cheap vacation to somewhere awesome, and you decide to get to there via Canada...then that's the advice you should take.

^^Ok got it. For a second there I thought maybe Cuba had opened up to everyone.

A pretty good rule of thumb is if you're in Mexico, the Caribbean, South or Central America, or just your average third world country, drink bottled water only. And no ice.

As for me, I usually just drink whatever happens to be available. We did a project in school and found out that bottled water is usually just as bad for you if not worse than tap water.

^ How so?

I just learned that bottled water was bad for the environment.

You know I don't remember. We did this in 7th grade and I'm now 20....so a lot has happened between then and now. lol I think it just had something to do with the chemicals, and how bottled water is usually marketed as "Spring Water" which could mean a variety of things.

in hawaii the tap waters fine.
but ill only drink it cold. lol
if its warm then no.

when im in the mainland i can tell the HUGE difference in taste.
yuck.

jackie

I drink bottled... No prissy or nothing but I just do.

Ew no. My cousins and other family members do, and they love it. But I think its disgusting. So I always have bought bottle water or I get a filter to filter the water.

when i'm in nyc, i drink from the tap.
in houston, i drink filtered water.

anyone know the rankings of states with the best bottled water? I think PA is up there, where i used to live... and cali as well.

When I have no choice

I didn't think that the tap water in Pittsburgh was good at all. The water here in Nashville is pretty good though.

only every now and then when i finish brushing my teeth..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332173,00.html

When I first moved into my house the tap water was horrible.But now it doesn't taste so bad. I drink it occasionally.

But for the most part I drink bottled water

Unless there's absolutely nothing to drink in the house and I'm feeling too lazy to go to the store, nope.

Same! I can tell the difference between bottled and tap and I always have to have bottled. I have really sensitive taste buds.

We're running a home RO water filtering system we bought at Costco a few years back, I guess that counts as drinking tap water?