Best wishes to all of you

Peter

only a few weeks to go, time will fly past, see you at Heathrow.

Are you doing the Yangtse Add On. See you soon.

Best wishes

Peter

Hi Carol

Are you doing the Yangtse Add On. See you soon.

Best wishes

Peter

Hi

Yes I am,

but I am now confused, My Doctors Holiday clinic, said I did not need any malaria stuff, just Deet.

Carol

I cannot advise you to take or not to take any particular medication. What I can tell you is that my GP went on to the NHS website for the latest information. He showed me the screen and it definitely said that Hepatitis A and Typhoid were necessary. He also said that my Tetanus Booster was due next year so he gave me that as well.

As far as the Malaria was concerned, he said that I didn't need it as we were not going off the tourist trail. Howee idealver, I had a conversation with a Chinese man who was in Jersey and he recommended to me that I do not go without malaria protection, because of the high temperatures mixed with the current thunderstorms, are ideal breeding conditions for the mosquitos. I went back to my GP and explained it to him, and he did not know about the floods, as soon as I told him, he wrote out the prescription and I had the Malarone tablets within 10 minutes.

Another lady, going on our trip, was given exactly the same advice by her GP as I was, and a lady going on the 5th September was also given the Hep A and Typhoid jabs and she is going to her 'Travel Clinic'

next Monday to get the Malaria tablets.

I am sorry if I have made it even more confusing for you, but I can only tell you what I and some others have been told. Remember, there is no cure for Malaria, it can only be managed with lifetime medication.

Peter

Hello Carol

I cannot advise you to take or not to take any particular medication. What I can tell you is that my GP went on to the NHS website for the latest information. He showed me the screen and it definitely said that Hepatitis A and Typhoid were necessary. He also said that my Tetanus Booster was due next year so he gave me that as well.

As far as the Malaria was concerned, he said that I didn't need it as we were not going off the tourist trail. Howee idealver, I had a conversation with a Chinese man who was in Jersey and he recommended to me that I do not go without malaria protection, because of the high temperatures mixed with the current thunderstorms, are ideal breeding conditions for the mosquitos. I went back to my GP and explained it to him, and he did not know about the floods, as soon as I told him, he wrote out the prescription and I had the Malarone tablets within 10 minutes.

Another lady, going on our trip, was given exactly the same advice by her GP as I was, and a lady going on the 5th September was also given the Hep A and Typhoid jabs and she is going to her 'Travel Clinic'

next Monday to get the Malaria tablets.

I am sorry if I have made it even more confusing for you, but I can only tell you what I and some others have been told. Remember, there is no cure for Malaria, it can only be managed with lifetime medication.

Peter

back to the Docs it is then, cheers

a 100 Yuan note is worth about £11.19, so we should not have any trouble spending them, the shop keepers will not be taken aback at the size of the note.

Carol

Better safe than sorry! I am also using Dettol soap which is supposed to help by building up a residue on the skin which is purported to stop the dreaded mozzies from having a feast.

Sonia