Arrival and First Day in Shanghai

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So has anyone old you how long 12 hours on a plane is? I will. Its 6 power naps, 13 Sudoku games, 8 rounds of battle ships, 3 movies, and 5 TV episodes long. Making matters worse were the 3-hour flights around it. I mean I am sitting hear in Tokyo and I woke up from my first power nap to catch my first flight 24 hours ago. I have had 1 hour of sleep in the last 48 hours. AGGGGHHHHH!!!!

In other news, the food wasn’t bad but that may be because I am used to fountain dining hall. It would be nice to get Internet in the airports. That would be very convenient. But enough complaining. On to the interesting stuff.

I had really good seats on the 777. I was the front section of sardines. Luckily one f my professors did not have to endure the trivialities of coach and reveled in the glory of 1st class. I met an interesting Japanese-American man named Knock. He and his wife were visiting Japan. It turns out He is a retired electrical engineer, and his kids (a son and a daughter) and both mechanical engineers. It was fun talking with him for a little bit about planes. I did get to sit on the isle on all of my flights today. And on the long flight I got the back seat so I could recline it all the way the entire flight.

In the layover in Japan, there are a lot of interesting treats. Like Kit-Kat with cantaloupe or a counter that literally looks straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Didn’t get to watch the weird Japanese game shows.

I will say that the 3rd flight was perhaps the best I’ve ever been on. If you ever have the chance, fly Asian. They will take care of you. It was a 3-hour flight and we had food. Good food. The fish and rice was delicious. The watermelon was the juiciest I have ever had. Even the desert was something new and different. It was like coffee pudding on cake. Mmmm. Anyway the flight was a good way to end the travel.

By now I have lost all track of time. It is 7 o’clock in Shanghai. All I am trying to o is not drop asleep. I am pretty sure that I have not had a full night of sleep in the last 60 hours. On to dinner!!!

…Dinner was like American Chinese food. After that there was a ride back to the hotel that I was not conscious for for the most part. Well, we are here in China. Until next time…

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Photos

2nd Flight
The longest flight I have ever been on. Nice plane though.

3rd Flight
This is the A330 that we flew from Narita (Tokyo) to Pu Dong Airport (Shanghai). Overkill for a 3 hour flight, but I am not complaining.

Comments

[Paula]

Flight
Sounds like you need sleep. Glad your entire flight wasn't so bad. So why am I not getting email alerts when you update? Here it is Wed. and I am just finding out that you made it to China okay....Hope you did get some sleep