Can I drink tap water in Thailand ???

By Luca Bonafede · February 28, 2021 · 

Many of us are lucky enough to come from countries where the tap water is delicious, or at least drinkable.

However, in most of the South East Asian countries, drinking tap water from the tap is a huge NO – NO. It can ruin your holiday within hours, sending you to trow-up, toilet,  and in the worst case scenario hospital.

I remember the first time I arrived in Thailand 🇹🇭, after a whole year in Australia 🇦🇺 I totally forgot about the water’s issue. So, I drank the complimentary water bottles, and I refilled them with tap water, place them in the fridge, and left.

I went for a walk around Khao San Road, Bangkok; I sat down in front of a Seven Eleven (chain of a convenience store) and started to eat some street food. I was halfway through my Pad Thai when I noticed a homeless person buy a bottle of water, and after two minutes another homeless, and another one… then I said to my self: “if local homeless buy spring water, then I must be crazy to do not do it!”

So… yes! Seeing a few homeless buying spring water probably saved my one month trip in Thailand 🇹🇭.

In my experience, together with Thailand 🇹🇭, there are the Philippines 🇵🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Vietnam 🇻🇳, Cambodia 🇰🇭 where I know as a fact that you must drink spring water 💧

 

Thank you, and ciao for now. 

Luca Bonafede