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It is time for Jared In China to go on a vacation I think I deserve. Thanks to my massive winter break and Asian budget airlines Jared in China will now become Jared in China in Other Places... I did not think that name through when I started this blog... The first leg of my extra adventure is Hanoi, Vietnam. I am now sitting in a coffee bar in Shanghai's Pudong Airport (PVG) waiting for Vietnam Airlines to let me check my bag, so it goes. Vietnam should be cool, I have heard good things about the food (a theme that is very common with my blog).
I started my study abroad study abroad from The Shanghai Maglev train. If you need to go to PVG this is an experance I might skip. It is not that maglev trains aren't rad, because they are, but because it is way to hard to get to the Shanghai Maglev to be a useful method of transportation for most. I spend about an hour trying to get my luggage through the subway system, and experance I also can't recommend, for about 7 minutes on the maglev train itself. I can confirm though, the train goes 301km/h and the ride is smooth. I don't believe there is too much of a cost or time savings between the subway to maglev and the taxis. If the Municipality built a longer line to connect the airports and some of the big hotel areas, I could recommend it, but until then it is a skip. Also, if you hear anyone tell you that China will take over the world because maglev, tell them for me that they are dead wrong. |
AuthorI am a junior at Juniata College spending a year studying abroad at East China Normal University. Please feel free to join my on my journey to China and beyond. Archives
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