Judy and Geoff Washington

Judy and Geoff Washington

Reviewed on March 16, 2020

Dear Tracy,

How lovely to hear from you again, and thank you for your thoughtful attachment of Covid-19 Precautions. They will be useful.

How have you been since the outbreak in China? – I do hope you and your family and colleagues have managed to escape and are well. You were all very much in our thoughts. The school my son-in-law was teaching at near Dalian did not re-open after the Chinese New Year, so he and my daughter and grandson went to Kuala Lumpur for 2 weeks then back to Australia. He has been teaching by Correspondence all this time - not easy with students all over China and around the world. However the school hopes to reopen physically at the end of March so Glenn returned to China and the school last Saturday for 2 weeks quarantine. Kerry and Ethan are staying in Australia until the end of the Summer holidays and hopefully will return to China then. Your country has been so strict and we hope that the downturn in cases continues to be effective and everything else returns to normal for you soon. 

We feel so much for those in the Travel industry who are the hardest hit. Is your company still operating? Do you still have work? What did you do during the outbreak. Our airlines and Travel agents are just beginning to feel it in the last two weeks. Our largest travel agency Flight Centre is very hard hit, not to mention the cruise ships. Our small town is dependent on tourism – we have dolphin and whale-watching boats, with busloads of visitors mainly from China and Korea. These are no longer coming and only one boat goes out each day.

We are so pleased that we were able to have the wonderful trip to Harbin that you organised for us - great memories! Glenn’s mother did not get to China - had to cancel the day before leaving Australia.

Our movement restrictions have only just started properly today – we have about 290 cases of Covid-19 in Australia to date.. Anyone returning from overseas has to be quarantined for 2 weeks.  I think this is just the beginning for us, however to date we are much better off than many European countries.  Congregations of people are being limited, and people are learning to be very careful.  They are not closing the schools or universities yet, unless a case of Covid- 19 is found in them.  Only 3 to date. It will be a day-to-day situation, as you will understand.  We have a 90-year old friend who left Spain on 10 March heading for Australia through Vietnam and then transiting in Singapore.  We wonder if he will get here (Singapore is stopping even transitting) and if he does he will have to go into quarantine!  We have advised him to consider postponing the remainder of his trip as he may not be able to return to Spain later.

Again, thank you for your thoughtful email and do let us know how you are faring.

With very best wishes

Judy and Geoff Washington

Destination(s): Coronavirus Disease Greetings
Date of Experience: March 16, 2020
Trip Type: Traveled as Families
Tour Customized by: Tracy



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