Four hours sleep and now wide awake. Dammit. So here's a report on my last day in Shanghai, departure day, Wednesday 19 July 2017.
Utilised a midday checkout to have a leisurely morning and complete packing. On way to Museum, saw the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
Went to the museum - middle of the day and air-conditioned. It's very good with lots of interesting stuff, well presented. Huge numbers of people going through, including lots of school parties. No charge, but security screening. I was fascinated most by the very early bronze casting. I'm going to try to post another video below to see if it works (I don't think my Bastille Day flypast one is working).
Then a quick trip back to the Bund to see it in daylight.
The view across the river to the financial district.
Back to the hotel to pick up my bags and catch first the Metro to Long Yang Road Station, then onto the Maglev high speed train to the airport.
It was quite a process getting through the formalities (what a surprise), and then we sat in the plane for an hour waiting for air traffic control to give us permission to push back. You could hear the frustration in the Captain's voice as he made the updating announcements.
About 2 hours out of Auckland.
