Those of you that know me know that I am an unabashed nerd - cool gadgets fascinate me. One of the best parts of going to the Olympics was getting to the Pudong airport on the far east side of Shanghai. The airport was built extremely far from the city and getting there in Shanghai traffic is quite the ordeal. The Chinese government built the Mag Lev(Magnetic Levitation - the train actually hovers above the track) to ease public concern over the commute to the airport. On the Maglev it now only takes 8 minutes for a trip by car that could take well over an hour. The maximum speed of the train during my ride was 301 km/hr - which is about 192 mph. The train has been a financial disaster - not enough people ride it and its expenses in both construction and maintenance are staggering - but I paid my 50 yuan(about 7 US dollars) to take the ride of my life. Check out of few of these shots from the fastest train in the world.
2 comments:
Adam - Sami is learning from your travels! She just asked me to click on the train and told me all about the "Mag Lev". You've added to both of our vocabularies! Nicole
Adam, That's my girl! mom
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