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with a fresh air patio where ponds add
additional moisture to the air. Even at
the Pan-American you cannot trust such
things as water. For instance, I recognized
that the drinking water in the room had
evaporation marks dating it back at least
five days and that the water was filled
with foreign particles which would not be
present in purified bottled water, so I
asxed the desk to sendup some fresh drink-
ing water. In the meantime I placed a
thread over the handle of the cold water
faucet and went down stairs to dinner,
When I returned the pitcher was filled

and the thread on the cold water tap was
gone. So I called and told the clerk that
I had reason to doubt that the water was
purified and asxed him to send up some
boiled water from the kitchen which he did.
This water, I am sure, was from the hot
water tap as it carried the same complex
of foreign particles as is characteristic
of the tap water--so what can you do--the
only thing as I see it, is to personally
accept the responsibility of actually
seeing the source of the water or to treat
all water, reespective of source, yourself.
The ran-American sre supposed to have the
same standards as hotels in the U.S. At
Barrios the same thing happened--they were
putting tap water in bottles reserved for
purified drinking water and as a result
(could have been from food) two contracted
diarrhea on the morning I was leaving,
December 3. That nizht at the Colonial

I emptied myself as I have never emptied
myself before. It only affected the
intestines as I did not have any dis-
comfort in the stomach. The poisons also
hit my shoulders. From breakfast on the