Thursday, 1 January 2015

Day 1 - Mastering the People and the Metro


The Raddison hotel is right across the road from the People's Square Metro Train Station.

I bought a 3 day pass, 45 RMB. Less than $5 AUD per day for unlimited travel.

The metro runs under the city, and the basement access opens up an underground city, complete with shopping malls. To access the trains you take the escalator down another floor.

The entire population of Australia lives in Shanghai, and my biggest impression on Day 1 was the volume of people everywhere and lack of systems. The footpaths are chaotic, with no order of keeping to one side. The trains are pot luck getting on and off. You need to just push like everyone else.  I missed a couple of trains politely letting people get off, BIG MISTAKE, the doors just shut, irrespective of people still attempting to get on or off the train. The good thing is that the next train is only a minute or so behind, the bad news is that it is just as crowded.



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