The Journey from Bangkok was cool and uneventful, The Emirates flight was fine and we landed on time, I found transfer desk, got my ticket and had my check on bag retagged, then boarded the slightly delayed flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai about 830pm.
After a further one hour thirty minutes sat on the runway the DragonAir pilot announced the flight […]
We flew out of Hong Kong on Emirates, the business class service was excellent as usual and the lounge was good, nice showers, plenty of food and free wifi and although my favourite airline is Virgin (just have to love the fully flat bed !) Emirates is a close second so we arrived at […]
We took the Helicopter to Macau, the flight was all of 16 minutes but offered some amazing views of Hong Kong and the surrounding islands, you could see hundreds of ships and got a good view of some of the more industrial areas on the outskirts.
Macau seems well serviced, the Helicopter flights are every 30 […]
Continuing on with my Asian business oppotuinities fest, the journey out of Shanghai was fun, we decided to catch the Maglev train, which was very clean, bright and comfortable and hit 431 kph (268 mph) for a short time on the trip to the airport, which was so fast as it shot past houses and trees […]
They would still be poor compared to Shak’s Shanghai Party !
Bearing in mind we are in a supposedly barren part of the world for nightlife the evening started at Casa 13, a very nice chilled out bar restaurant situated just off a side-street which was off a main road, typical Shanghai style if you don’t know […]
I arrived in China for the first time yesterday, Still a little jet lagged so not the best post I’ll ever write but here’s the story so far .
I was met at Shanghai’s Pudong airport by Shak’s driver and rapidly led to his car and then driven to the Hyatt on the Bund in what […]
This post is more about how stupid policies as a merchant can lose you far more than what you think, bascially ThomsonFly are going to lose around £20,000 over the next few years due to not refunding me £40 for something I didn’t get, So if you are a merchant you may want to have a rethink […]