Last Day

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Geo: 31.2382, 121.469

We're on our own today to get ourselves on the 2:45pm plane to Brisbane via Guangzhou.

Dwayne and Joellen leave earlier, so we say goodbye to them around 9am. The Mag-Lev train services Pudong Airport. But we leave from Hongqaio Airport so we'll do a tourist round trip on the train in the morning, then taxi later to the airport.

Later. Easy 4 yuan subway ride to the Mag-Lev station and return. The Mag-Lev return fare was 80 yuan, and well worth it. The subway to our airport seems easy too, but with luggage the minor cost of a taxi looks warranted.

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Photos

Mag-Lev to Pudong
Train only travels at top speed in non-peak hour periods. We got on just before 10am.

Top Speed!
3min after departure we had accelerated to top speed, 431kph. Smooth ride, but noisy above 350kph. Passing another train at a closing speed in excess of 750kph was thrilling. Two whoosh/bang buffets at the front and rear of the passing train, in a split second. 31km in 7min!

Comments

[Lowie]

Welcome home!I went to vote your blog as five star, but it wouldn't let me as I had already voted. Oh well, I tried!Cheers,Lowie

[robselclark]

Oh well. I get to practise more blogging in six weeks when we return to Singapore and then continue on to a South African adventure.