Saturday, February 21, 2009

Return Trip...

So I am here again, I made it alive, if not a little rough around the edges. Things started out great with a half full plane on the way to Tokyo...until the most garrulous man decided to fill the seat next to me. Once we were in flight, I was excited to get my in flight entertainment started. I was sad to find out that my tiny personal television was broken and because there was a man sitting next to me now I couldn't move over and use that one. Boo. But everything was okay and the flight from Tokyo to Shanghai passed uneventfully. I passed through security with no problems and collected my luggage. The cheese passed through undetected (if you were wondering).

Pai's driver was there to pick me up and we were on the road before I knew it. Unfortunately, about twenty minutes into the trip we ran into a massive traffic jam that took almost an hour to clear. Most of the time, we were squished between two buses or large cement trucks, oh dear. One lane of traffic became three and two lanes became five to accommodate the anxiousness of all of the drivers. But finally, after only an hour and a half of travel in pouring rain and horrific traffic, we pulled into the driveway of my dorm. Aida and Joanna came down to help me carry up my luggage and then we had a late dinner at around 11:00pm. 

And now, I'm exhausted. 

1 comment:

Leslie said...

So sorry that you had a big man in your way to Tokyo! Glad that you finally made it to Shanghai safely!