I have been in SE Asia for three years living on 80% street food. The trick is not to get anything out in the sun, and to look for crowds of locals. I have never been sick in all this time.

The bigger problem is dehydration for someone new to the tropics. You want to be drinking twice the amount of liquids you normally would. Not water, but juices or even electrolyte mix. Lack of salt and sugar did make me sick in my first weeks in Bangkok. I was in tthe ER and told to stop drinking only plain water. This helps.

Get a blow up or cushioned neck pillow for the plane trip and do your best to sleep. This is a good time for any kind of sleep aid if you have something like this.

If you are wandering around lonely, look for others in the corner alone and say hello.

That's all I got.

EXCEPT!

I won the conference fee, so I will be the old skinny white lady working the crowd as best I can instead of sitting out on the stoop.

See you there, my friend @slobberchops, and feel better soon!