China Exchange Information Evening. Agenda: - Itinerary - Risk Assessment - Insurance - Hints & Tips - Next Steps

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1 China Exchange Information Evening Agenda: - Itinerary - Risk Assessment - Insurance - Hints & Tips - Next Steps

2 Travel Itinerary Getting going out right is going to be key to enjoying the whole visit

3 Thursday 16 October At Bohunt for 1.30pm Air Travel BA0025 from LHR at arrives Hong Kong at on the 17 October 7 hr time difference so 11hr 30min flight KA604 (Dragon Air) from Hong Kong at arrives Xiamen at hr time difference so 1hr 15min flight On the go for nearly 22 hours rest!!

4 Wednesday 22 October ZH9746 (Shenzen Airlines) from Xiamen at arrives Taizhou at Tuesday 28 October BA0168 from Shanghai to LHR at arrives at hr time difference so 12hr 5min flight Richardsons coach from LHR to Bohunt Should be back at Bohunt at approximately 19.30

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6 Land Travel Xiamen Airlines International Travel Service Company Ltd in Xiamen Local partner company in Taizhou who will take us to Wuxi and on to Shanghai

7 Activity Schedule Active is definitely the right word!!

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9 Xiamen 18 Oct: Opening Ceremony (gift exchange, group photo, campus tour), Welcome Lunch, Language Class (4hrs), Dinner, Martial Arts 19 Oct: Gulangyu Tour, Language Class, Peking Opera Mask Painting 20 Oct: Language Class, visit to Xiamen Keji Secondary School, Traditional Tea Ceremony 21 Oct: Treasure Hunt on Campus, Chinese Folk Songs, Closing Ceremony and Certificate Awarding 22 Oct: Language Class, travel to Taizhou, Welcome Party, go to Homestays

10 Gulangyu Island Traffic free island 20 minutes by ferry from the mainland Renowned for its beaches and varied architecture the most scenic area of Fujian Province

11 Xiamen University Prestigious university in China Located at the foot of the green mountains One of main tourist attractions in Xiamen

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13 Taizhou 23 Oct: 7.30am Kung Fu, Calligraphy, Campus Tour, Chinese Painting, Paper Cutting, Language Lesson (1hr), Folk Dancing (Bohunt students to perform!), Party, homestay 24 Oct: 7.30am Traditional Sports (Table Tennis, Badminton we think!), Peking Opera, Mask Painting, sight-seeing, homestay 25 Oct (Saturday): sight-seeing, homestay

14 Taizhou Taizhou Middle School Founded in 1902 Top 100 schools in China

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16 Wuxi 26 Oct: sight-seeing in Wuxi, travel to Shanghai, stay in a hotel Shanghai 27 Oct: sight-seeing, stay in a hotel 28 Oct: fly to London

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19 Deep breath and go for it! Once in a lifetime, even if you went back when older you wouldn t get these opportunities

20 Risk Assessment

21 Packing Take appropriate clothing Not too revealing deg Celsius, some rain Some formal clothes Take photocopies of your passport and visa Take a hidden travel pouch pickpockets Letter explaining any medicines you are carrying Do NOT take drugs Capital offence: 2,000-15,000 per year Enough said Do NOT take alcohol Legal age for drinking is 18

22 Food & Drink Tap water Do NOT drink it, unless boiled Water served in hotels with a meal has usually been boiled first Out and about lots of opportunities to buy bottled water Going to need to be open-minded with regards to the food Seen as rude not to try something

23 Behaviour Normal expectations of behaviour Discipline and observe local rules, for example in hotel by 10pm Be aware of what others are doing so as not to cause offence Be aware of the group, especially when travelling (meeting times, numbers in group) Let us know if something is bothering you (and what you are loving!) Includes medical

24 Homestay All families known to Chinese leader Bohunt staff will speak with every student every day. Code word in place. Exclusive rooms Secure from outside the house/apartment Rooms are not a thoroughfare Access to bathroom and water Smoke alarms Matching interests

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26 Insurance Summary Cancellation and other expenses: 1,000 Medical and associated costs: 250,000 Personal Accident Capital Sum: 20,000 Death of a person aged under 16: 7,500 Weekly Sum (under 18 years old): 10 Personal effects and money: 1,500

27 Hints & Tips Things to take: pocket tissues anti-bacterial hand gel sanitary products (difficult to get hold of) travel adaptor No facebook or YouTube Don t get in to a discussion on Tibet, Taiwan or the Cultural Revolution

28 Hints & Tips Rest, rest and rest some more in the days running up to going Do some reading on the country, the areas you are going, the culture youth culture

29 Next Steps - Tonight Take away a Medical Form Check details that have gone to the airline Check dietary details Hand in passport and Visa form Need to speak to Miss Stonehouse or I? Take away a medical form

30 Next Steps After tonight Get the medical form back to us ASAP Keep us up-to-date if anything changes medically Book an appointment with the travel nurse: Routine: MMR, diptheria, tetanus, chickenpox, polio, flu shot Certainly consider Hep A and Typhoid Get learning the language!