Pudong Airport via Maglev Train

As we all gathered for our last breakfast in China together, we reflected on our wonderful experiences.  We exchanged email addresses and promised to keep in touch knowing full well that rarely happens but wanting to continue the bond the eight of us had shared over the past 9 days.

Our bus was loaded and headed out of Shanghai.  We drove by the site of the 2010 Expo which is almost fully built and will open on May 1.  Our guide had one last adventure planned for us and that was to ride the fastest, most expensive train in the world.  The Maglev train travels at 270 mph.  Our luggage headed on to the airport, as we boarded this world famous train.  Our trip of 19 miles took us around 7 minutes with the train reaching speeds up to 431 kmph  (267) mph.

We beat our luggage to the airport.  After checking in, getting boarding passes and going through immigration, we headed to gate C91 for Beijing.  A brief stop in Beijing had us boarding a bus to the International Terminal where we continued the 16 1/2 hour flight to San Francisco, leaving a part of us in China, but taking much more with us.