Hi !
Hope you do not mind me bumping and old thread. Guess it is quite so it wont hurt, I'll also ramble a bit off topic....
Get the basic vaccinations, Hepatatis (A ?), Tetanus and boost the Polio. I'm sure your healt clinic recommended something like that. It could be interesting to know they told you, if you do not mind to share ?
Here are a few shots (!) of me at the "health clinic" in LiJang. Got a serious infected sinititus, probably from the polluted air in Bejijing where I stayd before we left for a trip. I was really happy I was with my girl friend (at the time). She speak mandarin and fluent in english. without her I would probably not even found the clinic. Just a wooden door, with some chinese signs on. Looked just like any other old building there. Off course the doctor only spoke mandarin. After what I could see everything was treated with antibotics administrated via iv. No room for privace, we all shared a large room where we satt and got our dosis. Everybody smiled and wawed to me, thougth it was great fun to see a western there. Noticed that several off them removed the iv by themselvs when the bottle was empy and walked.