The flight: Arrived early at the airport (Thanks Les), had a quick and easy check-in, and a relaxing wait to leave. The flight was uneventful, but seemed long to me, possibly because of one strange thing: even though it was a daytime flight, all the blinds were closed and lights off, making it feel like night.<\/p>\n
First impressions:<\/p>\n
1. The roads in Shanghai are amazing. There are huge overhead roads everywhere, often 3 or 4 roads looping above and below each other. I guess when a city is growing so quickly, the easiest place to put a road is above everything that was already there.<\/p>\n
2. The traffic was light. I was expecting Bangkok style gridlock.<\/p>\n
3. The size of the city: From the airport you couldn\u2019t see the city centre. The drive in to the city took 45 minutes, all at freeway speeds. The city seems so spread out.<\/p>\n
4. The Maglev train from the airport into the city is the world\u2019s fasted train, travelling at 437km\/h. The 45 minute drive would have taken 7 minutes if we caught the train!<\/p>\n
5. The hotel room is the best I\u2019ve ever stayed in. Just beautiful.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Lauren (or should I say ‘Kate’ – explanation later) relaxing.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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