Hello China!!
We finally arrived in Shanghai after an epic series of flights from Kathmandu. We didn't know that our plane to Chendu was also stopping at Llasa where we had to get out, go through a security check, go through customs, go through another security check, then another security check, then get back on the plane for the onward flight to Chengdu, where we got off the plane, went through a security check, collected our luggage, went through another security check, checked in for our flight to Shanghai, went through another security check, then got on another plane to Shanghai. On arrival we went through 2 more security checks!! Talk about thorough.
We didn't arrive at Shanghai until 11.30 at night and because all the trains and buses from the airport stop running at 11pm we were in a bit of a quandry. The cost of a taxi into the city was 360Y which is quite expensive and then we had to find a hostel. Luckily, a guy at the airport booked us into a local hotel for 160Y with free taxi there and back to the airport in the morning. Of course, we were both waiting for the catch - but there wasn't one! Great hotel room, free taxi, no catch. Blimey!
In the morning we got the Maglev train from the airport into the city. It's the fastest magnetic train in the world. 431 kph. It took 7 minutes to get in to the city. By car it takes an hour. Very efficient! Shanghai is great! Really modern and clean and the metro system is very efficent. We found a great hostel and are going to explore later.
We finally arrived in Shanghai after an epic series of flights from Kathmandu. We didn't know that our plane to Chendu was also stopping at Llasa where we had to get out, go through a security check, go through customs, go through another security check, then another security check, then get back on the plane for the onward flight to Chengdu, where we got off the plane, went through a security check, collected our luggage, went through another security check, checked in for our flight to Shanghai, went through another security check, then got on another plane to Shanghai. On arrival we went through 2 more security checks!! Talk about thorough.
We didn't arrive at Shanghai until 11.30 at night and because all the trains and buses from the airport stop running at 11pm we were in a bit of a quandry. The cost of a taxi into the city was 360Y which is quite expensive and then we had to find a hostel. Luckily, a guy at the airport booked us into a local hotel for 160Y with free taxi there and back to the airport in the morning. Of course, we were both waiting for the catch - but there wasn't one! Great hotel room, free taxi, no catch. Blimey!
In the morning we got the Maglev train from the airport into the city. It's the fastest magnetic train in the world. 431 kph. It took 7 minutes to get in to the city. By car it takes an hour. Very efficient! Shanghai is great! Really modern and clean and the metro system is very efficent. We found a great hostel and are going to explore later.
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