ddewey (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ddewey) wrote,@ 2005-03-24 20:04:00 |
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Alex Quinn comes to visit me in China
Today my friend Alex Quinn came to visit me in China for two weeks. Alex lives in Japan. He flew into Shanghai Pudong Airport from Osaka, arriving at 3:30 PM.
Alex's flight only took an hour and a half, but it took me seven hours and fifteen minutes of travel to get to the Airport to meet him. I left home at 7:30 AM and took two buses to the Hangzhou train station, which took about an hour and a half. Then I had to wait about two hours for the train. I guess there were a lot of people traveling that day and trains before that were sold out. The train took an hour and forty-five minutes to get to Shanghai, then I took the subway and then an airport bus, getting to the airport at 2:45 PM. Alex's flight landed on time, but it took him an hour to get through customs and claim his luggage.
We took the maglev train into Shanghai, mostly because we'd never ridden on a maglev and we wanted to try it out. It costs a whopping 50 RMB ($6.05 US), which Alex remarked is the same price as his one-way bus trip to or from work every day in Japan. The maglev travels at 430 km/h (267 mph), so I guess it beats the bullet trains that Alex rides in Japan. It's not very practical though, since it only goes a short distance, departs infrequently, and has very short operating hours.
We got a hotel in Shanghai, then walked along Waitan (the Bund). We then took a ferry across the river and walk to Pearl Tower. Alex was tired after that, so we went to the hotel and slept.
Today my friend Alex Quinn came to visit me in China for two weeks. Alex lives in Japan. He flew into Shanghai Pudong Airport from Osaka, arriving at 3:30 PM.
Alex's flight only took an hour and a half, but it took me seven hours and fifteen minutes of travel to get to the Airport to meet him. I left home at 7:30 AM and took two buses to the Hangzhou train station, which took about an hour and a half. Then I had to wait about two hours for the train. I guess there were a lot of people traveling that day and trains before that were sold out. The train took an hour and forty-five minutes to get to Shanghai, then I took the subway and then an airport bus, getting to the airport at 2:45 PM. Alex's flight landed on time, but it took him an hour to get through customs and claim his luggage.
We took the maglev train into Shanghai, mostly because we'd never ridden on a maglev and we wanted to try it out. It costs a whopping 50 RMB ($6.05 US), which Alex remarked is the same price as his one-way bus trip to or from work every day in Japan. The maglev travels at 430 km/h (267 mph), so I guess it beats the bullet trains that Alex rides in Japan. It's not very practical though, since it only goes a short distance, departs infrequently, and has very short operating hours.
We got a hotel in Shanghai, then walked along Waitan (the Bund). We then took a ferry across the river and walk to Pearl Tower. Alex was tired after that, so we went to the hotel and slept.
