Greetings from Shanghai ! Tom and I are in China's largest airport right now, getting ready for our United flight home. We are very happy travelers, as we got upgraded to business class - as economy class was oversold.
This airport is amazing. Several of us took a "Mag Train" to get here from downtown Shanghai (as I said earlier, all of Shanghai is downtown with 18.5 million people).
The train, actually called Shanghai Maglev Train, has a magnetic levitation "track" and we couldn't even feel the ride. Were we actually on a train? Who knew, because in 7 minutes and 20 seconds, we were at the airport. We traveled 258.62 miles per hour - on a train!
The windows are specially coated with something which makes it seem like the train isn't going as fast as it is. I haven't figured that one out yet, and maybe never will.
This airport, when finished in 2010, will serve NINE MILLION PEOPLE A DAY. Unbelievable.
OK, photos from the Yangtze River and more will be coming as soon as we get home to Iowa!
More later,
Carol
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