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April 26, 2008

OOC Airport Drama

Well, i arrived at the Shanghai Pudong airport 2 hours ahead of schedule. It was like 3:50 AM in Shanghai. The airport was basically empty. So, the money exchange was closed; no one was at "Information". So, i knew getting to the hotel was going to be a challenge seen i could not write the address in Chinese. Anyway, got money from the ATM, went outside to find a taxi. Went with a driver who seemed to know how to get to the hotel, but 2 minutes into the drive he realized he could not. Then he u-turned back to the airport to ask for directions. I'm sitting in the taxi and then my driver gets into some argument with a group of other drivers. One driver even held my driver by the neck and also slapped him hard in the face - WTF, OOC! So i was like "oh i can't deal with this shiz" and got out and got my suitcases and went to look for another driver away from all that. So, i got another driver who was not sure about the hotel either but was confident we could figure it out. So after about 1 hour or so we got to the hotel after driving to the wrong streets, trying to call the hotel (wrong number from Hotels.com), asking other hotel staff... Anyway i ended up paying only about $20 USD. Soooo cheap, huh?

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