The flight was on time and relatively uneventful. The distance was 7,775 miles and it took just over 14 hours. Shanghai airport is huge and very modern. Formalities were very quick and efficient and I was through Customs in about 20 minutes from landing. I went straight to the Maglev train which runs between the airport and the city. The train costs 50 RMB and a sleek train was waiting. There was a small shudder as the Maglev system kicked in and the train started moving and accelerated very quickly up to its speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The train is very smooth and quiet and covers the miles to the city in about 6 or 7 minutes. At the terminal, there are taxis waiting and the drive to the hotel was about 20 minutes through and incredible cityscape of high rise buildings. The temperature here is 95 deg F and the air quality poor.
I met up with Henrik, Giancarlo and Paolo from Grimaldi and Michele & Maurizio from RINA and we had a wonderful buffet dinner in the hotel, nightcaps afterwards meant a late bedtime.
Here are some photos
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| The Maglev Speedometer |
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| The inside of the Maglev train |
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| A remarkable piece of sculpture on the run in to Pudong |
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| The famous Shanghai Tower - from my hotel room |
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| Shanghai skyline, also from the hotel |
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