Shanghai Transportation Tips by Audrey118

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Getting TO/AROUND: It was madness when we got out of the immigration. It was really early in the morning...and there was hardly anyone. At 6am, the airport looks deserted, and everyone was snail paced. It is so different from back home in Kuala Lumpur.

Here there is a lacking of signage in english...lots in Mandarins, and not many spoke much English. I could not comprehend where I could get a public taxis into the city. I was not interested in a bus shuttle, nor was I keen to try out the Maglev. I was tired from lack of sleep, so all I wanted was jump into the cab and get to the hotel ASAP.

My solution I thot was walk to the hotel counters...yes - my hotel is listed there...so I asked how much was hotel limo..it cost 500 RMB and he said the normal cab wil be around 280 RMB. That is a bloody rip -off...If this was my first trip to Shanghai - i would have taken the limo ride...so I was not going to be fooled this time. Anyway he kindly pointed me to the right direction, to exit at Gate 15 and there was plenty plenty taxis waiting. On the way to Gate 15 - i was hassled by locals tout - TAXI TAXI etc.

And my taxi ride to my hotel at Weihai lu cost a mere 140 RMB!!! , and on one occassion i ran into a nice sleek brand new Mercedes Benz taxi - i booked him for a ride back to the airprt -at RMB200 - which i without regret paid for. He turned up in time, and was excellent.

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