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How did you deal with the plethora of languages in Africa? Were you able to get by learning the primary language where you were living or did you have to learn bits and pieces of several languages to be able to navigate the local waters?

Probably a naive question but how do you deal with things gastro-intestinally? I like to travel a lot but I find that the only way I can guarantee that I won't get sick is to skip vegetables entirely, only eat very hot meat, drink only bottled beverages -- that sort of thing -- but these techniques just won't work long-term. I imagine that your houses (particularly in Africa) had filtered water but how were vegetables treated when you ate at home? How did you deal with eating food outside the home? Did you get sick a lot after you moved to some place and just endured it until your body caught up with the local food? Do you now have an iron stomach? Thanks!