Creature comforts
March 14th 2007 Since I was completely unable to secure a train ticket from Changsha to Shanghai, I made the decision to fly. The flight was quite pleasant on a brand-new China Southern airbus. After about 1.5 hours in the air, we arrived in a very rainy Shanghai. So, no improvement in the weather over Liuyang. I got my bag and found the public bus that took me all the way to People's Square for a mere 50 cents.
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