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Hughes says he developed both conditions in Tunisia, where he questioned the purity of even the bottled water he bought.
According to OCS statistics, about 60 percent of the students in study abroad programs travel to Western Europe.
But less-developed areas like Latin America, parts of East Asia and Russia, pose more health risks for travelers, and are also popular travel destinations.
"I was totally prepared," says Goldstein, who is also a Crimson executive. "But I got sick twice or three times because of the water. It is very hard to avoid water totally because, for instance, things might not be cooked appropriately."
During the summer of '98, Hughes worked as a writer for Let's Go travel guides, a line of publications that sends Harvard students to various locales and pays them to record their experiences.