The water in Slovenia's Lake Bled looked so crystal-clear that you could drink it, which is precisely what one of Alyson Chadwick's travel companions did. It was the drink that ruined her trip.
“She was sick as a dog for days,” Chadwick recalled.
Chadwick, who works for a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., said she'll never forget the lesson: "Never drink from a natural water source like a lake."
From contaminated water to sketchy street smoothies, the wrong drink can derail your vacation. And with more people vacationing this summer than perhaps ever, you can expect more incidents like Chadwick's.
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