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| = UK Debian travel to Debconf in Porto Allegre, Brazil, 2004 = | = UK Debian travel to Debconf in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2004 = |
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| My (SteveMcIntyre) current suggestions for travel are: | LHR 24th May -> CDG -> POA 25th May (conference) POA 3rd June -> CDG -> LHR 4th June |
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| LHR 24th May -> POA 25th May (conference) POA 3rd June -> LHR 4th June |
== People == |
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| For this option, ebookers.com quotes me GBP 596 for a single person, or GBP 536 each for 4 people, plus taxes. |
Travel booked, tickets at Steve's place. Please check off things as you get them organised: |
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| As a second option, I'm considering extending the end of the trip, and coming back via Rio - stay a few days and head back on (say) the 6th. I can't get a price for that right now, as their website won't do complex travel and I'll have to ring up. |
||'''Name''' ||'''CONFIRMED on debconf.org?'''||'''Vaccinations'''||'''Insurance'''|| ||Matthew Garrett ||Yes ||YF || not yet || ||JonathanMcDowell ||Yes ||dip,tet,typh,hepA,YF done ||not yet || ||SteveMcIntyre ||Yes ||diph,typ,hepA,yf done||not yet || ||Scott James Remnant||Yes ||hepA done, diph/tet up to date anyway, no typh or YF || Barclays 7365FQ23346 || ||Daniel Silverstone ||Yes ||dip/tet done, YF Done, hepA typh polio done|| not yet || ||Colin Watson ||Yes ||dip,tet,hepA,YF done||not yet || |
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| First of all, does anybody else fancy joining me? If so, for which option? Add your comments below: |
== Flight times (all in local time) == |
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| I'm fairly flexible. I like the idea of a few days extra - it's unlikely I'll be in Brazil again for some time (if at all). -- JonathanMcDowell | '''OUT:''' ||'''Depart''' ||'''Arrive''' ||'''Flight time''' ||'''Flight number'''|| || LHR 2004-05-24 19:00 (+0100) || CDG 2004-05-24 21:10 (+0200) || 1h10 || BMI-BD 183 || || CDG 2004-05-24 22:30 (+0200) || GRU 2004-05-25 05:40 (-0500) || 12h10 || RG 8721 || || GRU 2004-05-25 08:40 (-0500) || POA 2004-05-25 10:10 (-0500) || 1h25 || RG 8721 || |
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| ||'''Name''' ||'''DD?'''||'''Definitely going to Debconf?'''||'''Travel choice preference - separate or one of the options here'''|| ||SteveMcIntyre ||Yes ||Yes || option 2 || ||JonathanMcDowell||Yes ||Yes || option 2 || ||DanielSilverstone||Yes ||90% Certain || option 2, recommend fly back 6th or 7th. || ||ColinWatson ||Yes ||Yes || considering option 2 depending on time off from work || |
'''RETURN:''' ||'''Depart''' ||'''Arrive''' ||'''Flight time''' ||'''Flight number'''|| || POA 2004-06-03 19:20 (-0500) || GRU 2004-06-03 20:55 (-0500) || 1h35 || RG 8720 || || GRU 2004-06-03 22:20 (-0500) || CDG 2004-06-04 14:40 (+0100) || 11h20 || RG 8720 || || CDG 2004-06-04 16:35 (+0200) || LHR 2004-06-04 16:40 (+0100) || 1h05 || BMI-BD 180 || Steve: I'm going to book a large taxi for us from my place to Heathrow and back. That'll cost about 100 quid each way in total. Steve: I've rung up to confirm flights. There was just a call-centre phone system for confirmation, with no way to ask for seat assignments. == Vaccinations == Yellow fever, diphtheria, typhoid and hepatitis A were recommended by my GP, and tetanus is apparently also a good idea if you haven't had a booster recently. Daniel: It's also recommended that you have polio at some point and that if you're going to some parts of brazil, that you have malaria too. I'm finding out if we will be in that sort of area. Steve: the nurse I spoke too said malaria was only likely to be an issue within the Amazon rainforest. We're heading to a hotel in a large city in the south of Brazil, so it shouldn't be needed. Daniel: Yep, Malaria isn't an issue. You *might* want rabies if you think you'll go walking around the town at all, since it is an issue all over Brazil. I'm not going to bother with it. Colin: The nurse I spoke to recommended adequate mosquito bite protection anyway, though; at least 30% DEET (the active ingredient). Scott: Yellow Fever is only needed for northern bits of Brazil, especially the Amazonian regions which we're going to be well away from. YF is also needed if you've been to one of a small number of countries in the last few months. Otherwise you don't need it - my doctor in fact recommended I didn't have it given my bad reactions to injections in the past. If you don't have the Typhod injection it's recommended that you only stick to cooked foods and bottled water. == Visas == As UK citizens, we don't need a visa to enter the country '''provided''' the trip is for tourism only. If you don't have one, make sure you answer "No" if they ask you whether you're there on business. == Insurance == Don't leave home without it. Medical bills can be very high if you're abroad. Swapping policy details might be a good plan before we go in case of emergency, but not on the wiki for privacy reasons please! Tesco will sell you a fortnight of insurance for £40 covering most everything you would be worried about. [http://www.norwich-union-direct.co.uk/ Norwich Union] seem to charge about £31. = Things left to organise = * Booking of SESC for the days before/after the conference * Travel to/from Heathrow * For this I suggest we all end up at Steve's on Sunday 23rd -- DanielSilverstone * Also note that Monday is the first day of the beer festival in Cambridge. But we're going to miss out because the Monday session starts at 5pm. '''Booo!''' -- SteveMcIntyre * Well yes :-) It'd be quite possible to collect me on the Monday really. -- DanielSilverstone * We need to know our baggage allowance * Rob will be leaving for to visit his Father on the Friday, so I can take up to three house-guests over the weekend if that simplifies people's travel arrangements. -- DanielSilverstone |
1. UK Debian travel to Debconf in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2004
Debconf site is at http://www.debconf.org/debconf4/ for more details.
LHR 24th May -> CDG -> POA 25th May
- (conference)
POA 3rd June -> CDG -> LHR 4th June
1.1. People
Travel booked, tickets at Steve's place. Please check off things as you get them organised:
Name |
CONFIRMED on debconf.org? |
Vaccinations |
Insurance |
Matthew Garrett |
Yes |
YF |
not yet |
Yes |
dip,tet,typh,hepA,YF done |
not yet |
|
Yes |
diph,typ,hepA,yf done |
not yet |
|
Scott James Remnant |
Yes |
hepA done, diph/tet up to date anyway, no typh or YF |
Barclays 7365FQ23346 |
Daniel Silverstone |
Yes |
dip/tet done, YF Done, hepA typh polio done |
not yet |
Colin Watson |
Yes |
dip,tet,hepA,YF done |
not yet |
1.2. Flight times (all in local time)
OUT:
Depart |
Arrive |
Flight time |
Flight number |
LHR 2004-05-24 19:00 (+0100) |
CDG 2004-05-24 21:10 (+0200) |
1h10 |
BMI-BD 183 |
CDG 2004-05-24 22:30 (+0200) |
GRU 2004-05-25 05:40 (-0500) |
12h10 |
RG 8721 |
GRU 2004-05-25 08:40 (-0500) |
POA 2004-05-25 10:10 (-0500) |
1h25 |
RG 8721 |
RETURN:
Depart |
Arrive |
Flight time |
Flight number |
POA 2004-06-03 19:20 (-0500) |
GRU 2004-06-03 20:55 (-0500) |
1h35 |
RG 8720 |
GRU 2004-06-03 22:20 (-0500) |
CDG 2004-06-04 14:40 (+0100) |
11h20 |
RG 8720 |
CDG 2004-06-04 16:35 (+0200) |
LHR 2004-06-04 16:40 (+0100) |
1h05 |
BMI-BD 180 |
Steve: I'm going to book a large taxi for us from my place to Heathrow and back. That'll cost about 100 quid each way in total.
Steve: I've rung up to confirm flights. There was just a call-centre phone system for confirmation, with no way to ask for seat assignments.
1.3. Vaccinations
Yellow fever, diphtheria, typhoid and hepatitis A were recommended by my GP, and tetanus is apparently also a good idea if you haven't had a booster recently.
Daniel: It's also recommended that you have polio at some point and that if you're going to some parts of brazil, that you have malaria too. I'm finding out if we will be in that sort of area.
Steve: the nurse I spoke too said malaria was only likely to be an issue within the Amazon rainforest. We're heading to a hotel in a large city in the south of Brazil, so it shouldn't be needed.
Daniel: Yep, Malaria isn't an issue. You *might* want rabies if you think you'll go walking around the town at all, since it is an issue all over Brazil. I'm not going to bother with it.
Colin: The nurse I spoke to recommended adequate mosquito bite protection anyway, though; at least 30% DEET (the active ingredient).
Scott: Yellow Fever is only needed for northern bits of Brazil, especially the Amazonian regions which we're going to be well away from. YF is also needed if you've been to one of a small number of countries in the last few months. Otherwise you don't need it - my doctor in fact recommended I didn't have it given my bad reactions to injections in the past.
If you don't have the Typhod injection it's recommended that you only stick to cooked foods and bottled water.
1.4. Visas
As UK citizens, we don't need a visa to enter the country provided the trip is for tourism only. If you don't have one, make sure you answer "No" if they ask you whether you're there on business.
1.5. Insurance
Don't leave home without it. Medical bills can be very high if you're abroad. Swapping policy details might be a good plan before we go in case of emergency, but not on the wiki for privacy reasons please!
Tesco will sell you a fortnight of insurance for £40 covering most everything you would be worried about.
[http://www.norwich-union-direct.co.uk/ Norwich Union] seem to charge about £31.
2. Things left to organise
- Booking of SESC for the days before/after the conference
- Travel to/from Heathrow
For this I suggest we all end up at Steve's on Sunday 23rd -- DanielSilverstone
Also note that Monday is the first day of the beer festival in Cambridge. But we're going to miss out because the Monday session starts at 5pm. Booo! -- SteveMcIntyre
Well yes
It'd be quite possible to collect me on the Monday really. -- DanielSilverstone
- We need to know our baggage allowance
Rob will be leaving for to visit his Father on the Friday, so I can take up to three house-guests over the weekend if that simplifies people's travel arrangements. -- DanielSilverstone