Wednesday 11th August, 2021 1400
Holiday Inn Kunming
This is the Wheelchair Disaster Tour. I know I have form but nothing on this scale before. Puking up for a week before I felt well enough to go out to eat and end up with a busted arm/shoulder plus legs that don't want to work and a sense of balance that has deserted. Worse, if that were possible, Alice has been suffering a dreadful cold. Thankfully she has had two jabs so with luck it's not Covid or we are both up the creek because Mr Shanghai said yesterday we possibly needed tests before flying.
We are going to try to get the hotel to ferry us to and from tomorrow to find out our fate. I have just checked and it will be two days shy of the three-week recommended interval for Jab 2.0 so I may try to get it. Sod it, I will pay!
Yesterday we took the car Alice got for a four-hour drive in the belting rain from Dali to Kunming. Wheelchairs are too low for me to get out of unaided, I can only push up with one arm. One strong concierge was insufficient so our lady driver decided to help. Instant agony. How could anyone possibly miss a black sling over a pink shirt? She did!
We made the trip with two others and a Teddy dog. This time (probably because we arrived in daylight) I got my Ambassador upgrade to a suite. I suggested a nap, after which I would take her to an Irish bar for dinner. After the nap we both felt terrible and so decided to order a delivery.
When it never arrived she called them. She had ordered cheeseburgers and chicken wings to be delivered from a takeaway in Dali to our previous hotel! If you are ever in this hotel do not use room service – anything that might be remotely edible is never available.
So the saga continues.
Does that mean we have to find you a wheelchair here or are you travelling with one?
ReplyDeleteI was hoping to hire one for the duration.
ReplyDeleteI'm still on the island, covid test result will arrive in the morning and then hopefully I can leave.
ReplyDeleteWell I hope our results are a damned sight quicker! Our flight is 1100 Friday.
ReplyDeleteWas it a mouth swab?
Yes, throat swab. 6 hours is the minimum, if you can find a rapid testing station. Some hospitals do the same day service others they collect and then test overnight and you get the result the following morning.
ReplyDeleteSee when I can get off the island for my ETA to Shanghai.
ReplyDeleteHave you found out if you need to get the test done, it was the hotel desk that told me. She was right about needing it to leave the island but she didn't know you can't turn up and buy a ticket on site, you have to pre book before arriving.
ReplyDeleteThey weren't sure so we are going in the morning anyway. A bell boy is going to push me to hospital - it's three minutes walk if you're not me.
ReplyDeleteFlights were booked ages ago and Trip haven't said anything about tests.
When I came here I was told I needed the covid test just to get on the ship. In fact I needed one to get on the island, but nobody told me and I wasn't asked before I got on the ferry. At the other end everyone was registered and proof of a covid test within 48 hours needed.
ReplyDeleteUnusual for China!I think it might be a Hainan thing as they want zero covid. You will know if they don't ask to see it in PVG
ReplyDeleteHaha, it's a lot more serious here now, they had 2 cases in this port I'm in now Haikou, so it's even worse now than when I arrived.
ReplyDeleteAt least the hospital is close, make sure they can do foreigners, the first hospital I went to here wouldn't entertain me,and I had to go to the one specifically for foreigners.
They don't consider asking whether you are a tourist or long-term resident. You are the virus......
ReplyDeleteCan't enter foreigners passport details on their system, same in Shanghai. But more hospitals there. At least it's free here for the test.
ReplyDeleteOn my way now, they were only interested in checking the Covid test was negative and within 48 hours.
ReplyDeleteHave a good flight. Getting dressed to be wheeled to 'ospital.
ReplyDeleteNot flying, drove down here. Hope to be back late Friday or Saturday morning.
ReplyDeleteJust been. Both throat and hooter cotton buds. Won't do jab so need to try in Shanghai.
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