Five days into Beijing traffic seems like the right time to let you in on one of my most vital travel secrets: what I fondly call my “barf bands.”
To be fair, I should call them my “anti-barf bands.”
You sailors out there have seen these.
They’re very simple elastic bracelets that work to counteract motion sickness. The plastic “button” is just a thing that presses into the anti-barf acupressure point on each wrist (three fingers below the wrinkle at your wrist, in between the two tendons).
Sound weird?
Who cares? They work.
Ask my friends. I have loaned many a green face one of my precious barf bands and everyone, and I mean everyone, feels the relief.
But don’t wait to feel nauseous. Do what I do: put them on before the green hits. Planes, trains, automobiles, boats: you’ll be invincible. I even know some scuba divers who wear them for those wavy pre- and post-dive moments.
Trust me, they’re the only reason Beijing didn’t see some fine gweilo puke coming out its taxi windows, in what I have to say is some of the barfiest traffic I’ve ever experienced (no disrespect to LA and Bangkok).
Not even rush hour. Not kidding.
You can find them in many airport convenience stores, some drug stores, and most any marina shop. www.sea-band.com
Travel well, friends.