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If you can find vegetarian restaurants, there is plenty of diversity, see [www.happycow.net](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.happycow.net\u002F).\n\n**Drinkable water**\n\nDrinking water only in bottles! Available almost everywhere, but not on every street corner. Also use for brushing teeth!\n\n**Tips**\n\n-   Drinking Thambili (yellow coconut) at a roadside stall. Delicious for the thirsty cyclist.\n-   Along the road: colored juices with fruits.\n-   Ask for freshly squeezed juice. Just be careful with lime, which is almost always diluted, perhaps also with tap water.","2021-06-09T15:45:33.000Z",{"body":42,"updatedAt":43,"updatedBy":33},"Very helpful, very friendly but also very curious. You are constantly being called out on the bike. Get off and you're in touch.\n\nThere are also less positive experiences. There are many scammers: they want money for every service. Lots of service in the hotels. In non-touristy towns there are quite a few stone throwers.\n\n**User experiences**\n\nMax has mainly positive experiences. The further you go into the non-touristy interior, the friendlier you are. People are curious, without being intrusive. Where there are tourists, there are parasites who want to get their share. Sometimes that's irritating, especially when you're tired. Ignore is the motto.\n\nDick: The people are very hospitable and friendly, one of the charms of this island! Contacts are easy to make and especially in the somewhat sparsely populated areas, they all want attention when you pass by. If you continuously respond to this, you will be waving all day long. They also want to know how much everything costs, and whether they can buy it from you.\n\n**Habits**\n\nRather not walk around in shorts, it is allowed, but a small adjustment to their culture is very much appreciated as a gesture, zip-off pants (pipes off while cycling, on at a stop) is a good solution. 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