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Tag: China Eastern Airlines

Two Planes and Two Trains

Posted on August 18, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So… here we go again.  After a fairly uncomfortable night in which we both dozed intermittently, we finally checked in for the first leg of our flight, Hong Kong to Shanghai.  We were able to check our cases right through to London Heathrow.  We then found somewhere to have a cup of coffee, then we…

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Shanghai, Shaun the Sheep and Shenzhen

Posted on August 14, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It was at 04:00 this morning when the wake-up call blasted in our ears and jolted us from sleep once more.  We had 45 minutes to be ready and down in the hotel foyer to collect our “breakfast box” (as the dining room wasn’t open at this unearthly hour) as the bus was due to…

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Off Again, on a Train and a Plane

Posted on August 10, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Our early-morning wakeup call was even earlier today than yesterday: 06:30 hours, and we had to be ready to leave by 08:00am.  Fancy coming away on holiday just to be up earlier than you are when you have to go to work! We had our breakfast, a mixture of Chinese and Western style buffet food,…

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Oh, Why Are We Waiting?

Posted on August 8, 2012April 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

While watching the Skymap I suddenly noticed that, for some strange reason, the destination had changed from Shanghai to Beijing, and the time left had dropped to one and a half hours.  Strange, as we aren’t due to visit Beijing until later in the holiday. Just then, one of the flight attendants made an announcement…

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A Slow Plane To China

Posted on August 7, 2012April 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So many destinations, faces going to so many places where the weather is much better and the food is so much cheaper… So state the opening lines of The Motors’ 1978 hit single Airport.  An appropriate song as we set off for another holiday, this time to the mysterious Orient, in other words, China.  Another…

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