Hi guys! My name is Soumya Choudhary, I’m an international ambassador.
I recently travelled back from Bangalore, India to Nottingham and I’ve just finished
my fourteen days of self-isolation and I’m loving the city and the campus. I thought
it would be helpful if I share my journey with you and provide you with some useful
tips for international travel. Come follow me through my journey.
In this video I’m going to be sharing some tips with you that you can follow when you’re
doing your international travel and how I did my journey and how I prepared for international
travel during the pandemic. So I hope that you find it useful.
Hi guys. I’ve arrived at Bangalore Airport and the first thing I noticed is that Banaglore
Airport is well equipped with all the COVID-19 safety guidelines for the international and
domestic passengers. As you can see social distancing signs are put up for passengers
to maintain social distancing while they are queuing up to enter the airport.
Make sure you carry all your essential documents in your hand luggage including the address
of where you will be staying in the UK on your arrival.
Hi guys, I’ve just entered the airport and finished a temperature check. The temperature
check is important because you will be filling out documents which will require your temperature
to be recorded and other details of your international travel.
Now I’m moving ahead for my boarding and as you can see there are social distancing
stamps in place to queue up while you are standing in the line to drop your luggage
and check in.
I’ve just finished checking in and got my boarding pass. Now I’ll be proceeding for
my security check in Immigration. Mandatory face masks, shields and PPE kits are given
by the airline that you have to put on and board as it is part of their safety guidelines.
Now as you can see I’m standing in front of security check which I need to pass to
move for Immigration.
Now it’s my time to wait in the lounge before boarding starts so I’ll be sharing some
tips with you for international travel. Do read the UK government guidelines for arriving
in the UK before you plan your travel. India currently is on the list in which passengers
coming from India have to isolate for fourteen days so please keep yourself updated with
the norms.
Very important tip. Do carry spray hand sanitiser, less than one hundred millilitres, in your
hand luggage as it is a very effective and fast method of providing you with instant
sanitisation for your seats, for your luggage etc. Do carry extra face masks because the
airline provides only one and if you have a long waiting period you might need to change
every two hours or so.
I’ll show you how I’m travelling. I’m wearing this face mask and I’ll be wearing
this face shield. Let me put this on for you. Yes. So this is how I’m going to be travelling
today and I’ll keep you updated.
Hi guys! So my flight to Germany was successful and they gave us PPE kits to wear and you
have to wear a face mask and there’s a face shield also that you have to wear. The journey
was exhausting but we’re about to land in Germany and I’ll let you know what happens
after that. The journey was safe, everything is well sanitised. There’s nothing to worry about.
I’ll keep you guys updated.
So I’m finally landing in London. I had a four hour transit period in Germany which
required a lot of security checks but now here I am. I’m here in London and I’ll
take you through my process.
I just got out of London airport and now I’m
en route to Nottingham. Important tip. You have to fill in the passenger locator form
before your arrival in the UK. The form opens up 48 hours prior to your arrival and it is
an important document that is checked at Immigration so please do not forget to fill it in.
London airport was well sanitised with sanitisation stations everywhere so it was pretty safe
and face masks are compulsory.
Make sure to check the government guidelines on travelling
to Nottingham as this will vary depending on where you are travelling from and which
countries you’ve passed through. The University is arranging a coach transfer service from
Heathrow for new students who have booked onto the International Welcome Programme and
booked a place on the coach in advance. For more information about the International Welcome
Programme and booking private transport, please follow the link in the description.
Hi guys. I’m finally in my apartment, I’m in Nottingham. It feels so so good to
be back. I’m going to be isolating in my own apartment for fourteen days. Important
tip. You cannot go out of your building premises if you are in self-isolation. You cannot even
go out to get essentials such as vegetables or groceries. Someone has to deliver it to you.
So if you have friends and family living in the UK, in Nottingham, they can do that for you.
Or you can order online. I’m going to be ordering online. There are various supermarkets
like Tesco, Wilko, Aldi, Lidl. They have slots available for either the same day or the next
day and you can make use of it while you isolate. I hope that my journey proved to be helpful
and I was able to provide some important tips and tricks for your journey. Thank you.
So my fourteen days of self-isolation is over. I am now in the city. I have just come out
to take a walk and have a look around the city and how it feels. It is summer time,
the sun is out until late and the air is so fresh that I’m feeling alive, completely.
Hi guys, so as you can see around the city, this is a very big store here called Primark,
around the city they have ‘Stand here to queue’ signs.
They have proper measures in place for you to return.
So guys this is the end of my journey. I hope it proved helpful to all of you. Nottingham
is safe, it is vibrant, it is shining. It is waiting to welcome all of you in September
to the University of Nottingham. See you soon.