We had a bit of a schedule mix-up, and late flight change by China South airlines, so there was rather a mad scramble to get through the several layers of security getting out of the Urumqi airport and on the way to Shanghai. We made it by the skin of our teeth. Our Uigyr guide Noor told us that the security in this airport is the tightest in the country, if not the world. I gathered this is due to the ethnic tensions between this region and the Chinese government, but I'm not sure about this.
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| Scrambling for boarding passes. |
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| The final security check (of four!). |
It's a four hour flight, across the country from west (Urumqi) to east (Shanghai).
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| Meeting our Shanghai guide, Maggie. |
Lodging in the Xuhui International Executive Suites Shanghai
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| Xuhui International Executive Suites Shanghai Hotel |
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Malaysian family that I got to meet and
speak with in the hotel.
They had two sons with them, and
they all spoke some English. |
I went for a stroll of several blocks on the street in front of the hotel in the evening, and was so overpowered by the sights and activities along the street, that I walked right by our hotel on my return. I became slightly disoriented, as I hadn't even been smart enough to pause and look at the front of our hotel before I walked away. The entry is actually off the street just a bit, with a low fence separating it from the sidewalk, so it wasn't hard to pass by. The street was full of shops, of EVERY variety, vendors cooking on charcoal pots, children playing, lovers strolling, bicyclers, vehicles of every size, shape and purpose, etc, etc.
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| Street food: Shanghai |
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| Street scene: Shanghai |
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