Archive for June 10th, 2006
Some newspaper news
Some crazy titbits I read in the newspaper during the flight from HK and SH:
The taxi rate in BJ has gone up from 1.2 or 1.6 to 2.0 since the beginning of June. And since more people now want to take the black taxis (ie illegal ones), the authorities are making a crackdown with a [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2006 under China, Lifestyle.
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Flights from HK to SH, and SH to BJ
I took a DragonAir plane for the part of the flight from HK to CHina. DragonAir is a HK based company, and it’s more expensive that the Chinese counterparts. Well, the dim sum that I had for late lunch was ok, although 4 pieces are unlikely to satisfy my hunger. The cabin attendants (as the air [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2006 under Transport.
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Flight to China via Hong Kong
I took the plane to HK on Thursday. The plane was full of people and I was surprised to meet a couple of people I know on the same flight, as I wrongly believed they left the island earlier. The Air Mauritius promotion is doing well. I must say that it was a bit strange [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2006 under Transport.
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