| One of the great things about traveling is sampling | | | | effects of eating pork noodles made with raw |
| the local cuisine. True, sometimes your nose gets | | | | blood. Encephalitis is found in pork which is |
| a whiff, long before your taste buds get a chance | | | | un-cooked and raw blood from the animal. Possible |
| to evaluate a dish. Some scents are divine, others | | | | problems could be a chronic ear infection, which |
| are pungent. Soups give off an aroma that lures | | | | could lead to perhaps hearing loss or if bad |
| many people, just like passing by a bakery can | | | | enough, meningitis. Not to scare you, but |
| awaken your senses. | | | | meningitis can be fatal if not treated properly. |
| Just stepping outside the airport in Bangkok, you | | | | Other possible results could be sudden kidney |
| inhale a scent that is pure city. The city of | | | | failure or just dizziness. |
| Bangkok does not have the flowery scent like the | | | | Due to Thailand's warm temperatures, encephalitis |
| jasmine rice paddies in the northern part of the | | | | and meningitis become highly infectious. If you are |
| country. However, Bangkok is a great place for | | | | planning a holiday to Thailand, you will have a |
| variety, due in part, to the many different areas | | | | fabulous time and not just with the food, but the |
| of the world that its residents come from. | | | | shopping, sightseeing, and charming people of the |
| Thailand itself is a diverse mix of foods, flavors, | | | | Kingdom of Thailand. All areas of the world have |
| and fragrances that find their way to the capital | | | | "something" to watch out for. I just want you to |
| city of Bangkok. Soup is a common dish in | | | | know about a soup that you should not eat while |
| Thailand, but not all soups are created equal. | | | | you are visiting the fabulous country. The better |
| One particular soup that any traveler to Bangkok | | | | informed you are, the better your travel |
| or surrounding area of Thailand should be careful | | | | experience. Personally, I don't eat the soup, but it |
| of is "NAM TOK." "NOM TOK" is a pork noodle | | | | is readily available from vendors throughout the |
| soup with one particular ingredient that can be | | | | country. |
| harmful to you. Raw blood is one of the | | | | If you are a soup eater, smile in knowing that |
| ingredients of "NOM TOK" soup. The raw blood is | | | | there are enough of a selection of soups to keep |
| not cooked with the soup, so it is not boiled to kill | | | | your palette and your tummy happy. It's a |
| bacteria, but is mixed in to the soup and only gets | | | | fabulous country and I just recently wrote an |
| to be hot. | | | | eBook about Bangkok. |
| Thailand's Health Department warns of the | | | | |