Transportation at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

  My plane lands safely at 17:20 as scheduled at Hongqiao International Airport. Shanghai Hongqiao Internatinal Airport has been reconstructed and expanded mainly due to the opening of Shanghai Expo. Now it has two terminals – T1 and T2. Terminal 2 is for domestic flights and Terminal 1 for international flights.   While waiting for my checked baggage, I take…

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Beijing airport domestic departure

From today, October 06, 2010, I join a two-week fam trip to Shanghai, Huangshan, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou and Yangtze River Cruise. My first stop is Shanghai. I take Air China flight no. CA1515 and depart from Terminal 3.    The check-in counters both for domestic and international departures are on the 4th floor of the main building at Terminal 3….

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Sleeping on the Great Wall, Camping on the Great Wall

  Finally we ended our 6-hour hellish march from Gubeikou Great Wall to Jinshanling Great Wall  at 5:00pm, September 26, 2010. But it’s not the end for us, it’s a new beginning since our next travel plan was to watch the sunset on the Great Wall, or specifically on the Jinshanling Great Wall. We were reminded by the ticket…

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