Received an email from Viking yesterday informing us that our hotels in Xi'an and Lhasa have changed. Originally, we were scheduled to stay in the Shangri-la Xian and the St. Regis Resort in Lhasa.
Now, we are scheduled to stay at the Hyatt Regency Xi'an and the Shangri-La Hotel, Lhasa.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
Plans
This is one of the first trips I decided on earlier this year. I invited my daughter, Laura to join me. She agreed. I then invited brother David and his wife Diane to come along as well. They agreed. Laura and I will fly out of IAH and David and Diane will fly out of Denver. The trip includes:
7-day Yangtze River cruise in balcony stateroom
3 nights in Beijing: Fairmont Beijing or The Regent Beijing*
2 nights in Xian: Shangri-La Xi’an*
2 nights in Shanghai: Fairmont Peace Hotel*
3 nights in Lhasa: The St. Regis Lhasa Resort or Shangri-la Lhasa*
Fully escorted: 16 guided tours with audio headset
Visit 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
4 intra-China flights
The 7-day Yangtze River cruise will be on the Viking Emerald. Laura and I took one of the Explorer suites (#302) while David and Diane are in Suite 505.
We will need to get Visas within six months of the trip. We will also need to get some vaccinations. I discussed this with my PCP (Marcella) and she said she checked the CDC site for China and thought the only thing I would need is Hep A vaccine (2 injections--6 mo apart) and Thyroid--4 pills to be completed 1 week before travel.
I mentioned to her that my travel agent (Maxine) suggested I consult the web site (https://www.passporthealthusa.com/destination-advice/china/).
That site says:
"some vaccines are recommended or required for China. The CDC and WHO recommend the following vaccines for China: typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, polio, and influenza."
The PCP responded that You should not need all of the recommended. Rabies--only if you will be around animals during travel. Hep B--contacted by blood or stool products or sexual contact. Suspect you won't come in contact with any of these on your travels-- We could, however start giving you Hep B vaccines (3 shots). Not a bad idea. Not sure we carry polio booster here and not sure you need it. Flu vaccine you get in fall of year. From what I read Japanese encephalitis is not needed. We don't carry all vaccines here--some of the more unusual ones, you would need to get at travel clinic. We could definitely get started with Hep A and Hep B whenever you want.
I have another appointment with her in November after my river cruise. I will talk with her more at that time.
7-day Yangtze River cruise in balcony stateroom
3 nights in Beijing: Fairmont Beijing or The Regent Beijing*
2 nights in Xian: Shangri-La Xi’an*
2 nights in Shanghai: Fairmont Peace Hotel*
3 nights in Lhasa: The St. Regis Lhasa Resort or Shangri-la Lhasa*
Fully escorted: 16 guided tours with audio headset
Visit 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
4 intra-China flights
The 7-day Yangtze River cruise will be on the Viking Emerald. Laura and I took one of the Explorer suites (#302) while David and Diane are in Suite 505.
We will need to get Visas within six months of the trip. We will also need to get some vaccinations. I discussed this with my PCP (Marcella) and she said she checked the CDC site for China and thought the only thing I would need is Hep A vaccine (2 injections--6 mo apart) and Thyroid--4 pills to be completed 1 week before travel.
I mentioned to her that my travel agent (Maxine) suggested I consult the web site (https://www.passporthealthusa.com/destination-advice/china/).
That site says:
"some vaccines are recommended or required for China. The CDC and WHO recommend the following vaccines for China: typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, polio, and influenza."
The PCP responded that You should not need all of the recommended. Rabies--only if you will be around animals during travel. Hep B--contacted by blood or stool products or sexual contact. Suspect you won't come in contact with any of these on your travels-- We could, however start giving you Hep B vaccines (3 shots). Not a bad idea. Not sure we carry polio booster here and not sure you need it. Flu vaccine you get in fall of year. From what I read Japanese encephalitis is not needed. We don't carry all vaccines here--some of the more unusual ones, you would need to get at travel clinic. We could definitely get started with Hep A and Hep B whenever you want.
I have another appointment with her in November after my river cruise. I will talk with her more at that time.
Flight Information
Today we got our flights arranged.
We will fly out of IAH on May 26 on Delta Flight #5342 to Detroit on a Bombardier CRJ-900 in seats 2C and 2D. The layover in Detroit is 2 hours and 38 minutes.
We then board an Airbus A350-900 on Delta Flight #189 in seats 2D and 3D.
Coming home, we depart Shanghai on June 12 on a Boeing 777-200LR to Atlanta on Delta Flight #186 in seats 2B and 2C.
We change plans in Atlanta and board Delta Flight #1986 on a MD-90 in seats 2A and 2B. The layover in Atlanta is only 1 hour and 42 minutes. I told Maxine that I thought that was cutting it pretty close since we will have to go through Immigration and Customs. There are two other flights later that day in case we miss the first one.
We will fly out of IAH on May 26 on Delta Flight #5342 to Detroit on a Bombardier CRJ-900 in seats 2C and 2D. The layover in Detroit is 2 hours and 38 minutes.
We then board an Airbus A350-900 on Delta Flight #189 in seats 2D and 3D.
Coming home, we depart Shanghai on June 12 on a Boeing 777-200LR to Atlanta on Delta Flight #186 in seats 2B and 2C.
We change plans in Atlanta and board Delta Flight #1986 on a MD-90 in seats 2A and 2B. The layover in Atlanta is only 1 hour and 42 minutes. I told Maxine that I thought that was cutting it pretty close since we will have to go through Immigration and Customs. There are two other flights later that day in case we miss the first one.
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