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.
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