april 11, 2012
1/ we flew from Chicago to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific, used Todd Gallinek as our travel agent whom we strongly recommend. eat before getting through the security at the international terminal 5 in Chicago. once you pass through the security, all you get is a small snack stand with bananas and peanuts.
2/ Cathay Pacific provided each aircraft seat with individual tv screens with a wide variery of newly released movies etc. more imprortantly, each seat is equipped with an electrical outlet for laptops. no adaptors or convertors were needed contrary to my expectations.
3/ nowhere in China (China Marriott hotel in Guangzhou, Regal airport hotel in Hong Kong or Galactic Peace hotel in Nanchang) did we need adaptors or convertors for my laptop.
4/ i would have brought less diapers with us. they take too much space and we found everything we needed in china (walmart etc). the quality may not be the same, but they served the purpose.
5/ we were glad that we had plastic utensils, forks especially, to use in restaurants outside of the hotel. bring them in case you do not master chopsticks.
6/ no need to bring umbrellas, flashlights or extra toothbrushes - most hotels had those and toothbrushes were replaced every day
7/ we both had one of the mini reading lights like Verso Clip-On Reading Light for Kindle - excellent for reading on the plane without disturbing other passengers with the overhead light and for early bedtime reading in the hotel. our lights had to be off every night at 8pm for Teresa's bedtime.
i will be back with more....
random tips, surprises and ideas from our adoption trip to China in march 2012
1/ we flew from Chicago to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific, used Todd Gallinek as our travel agent whom we strongly recommend. eat before getting through the security at the international terminal 5 in Chicago. once you pass through the security, all you get is a small snack stand with bananas and peanuts.
2/ Cathay Pacific provided each aircraft seat with individual tv screens with a wide variery of newly released movies etc. more imprortantly, each seat is equipped with an electrical outlet for laptops. no adaptors or convertors were needed contrary to my expectations.
3/ nowhere in China (China Marriott hotel in Guangzhou, Regal airport hotel in Hong Kong or Galactic Peace hotel in Nanchang) did we need adaptors or convertors for my laptop.
4/ i would have brought less diapers with us. they take too much space and we found everything we needed in china (walmart etc). the quality may not be the same, but they served the purpose.
5/ we were glad that we had plastic utensils, forks especially, to use in restaurants outside of the hotel. bring them in case you do not master chopsticks.
6/ no need to bring umbrellas, flashlights or extra toothbrushes - most hotels had those and toothbrushes were replaced every day
7/ we both had one of the mini reading lights like Verso Clip-On Reading Light for Kindle - excellent for reading on the plane without disturbing other passengers with the overhead light and for early bedtime reading in the hotel. our lights had to be off every night at 8pm for Teresa's bedtime.
i will be back with more....
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