Not sure if I posted yet... but I'll see you all on Saturday for the tour (lived in SH for 3 years so been there done that with all the tourist stuff so no need for the Friday activities for me ;) )

Arriving Thursday 11/10 on UA 877 LAX-PVG, departing Thursday 11/17 on UA 878, and I'll be staying with friends.

Anyone else arriving on UA 877, feel free to come by and say hi to me in Seat 7A or at the LAX RCC, I'll have the FT tag on my bag.

Leaving home at 6 am for my 2 pm flight from LAX, a real slow boat to China. Should just drive from SAN, but too late to revise. Will be at Le Meridien late Wednesday night via the Eagle, AA, the MagLev, a taxi and the kindness of strangers.

The Thursday trip to the water town of Zhujiajiao via the bright pink express bus from somewhere near People's Square will meet in the Meridien lobby at 8:30 am. Trip is one hour, fare is 12 CNY each way. We'll arrive early before the crush, take an early gondola tour of the city with the female gondoliers, visit sites, lunch, whatever and and return. There is a minimal charge to see the sights of the city, and for the gondola. Bus runs every 1/2 hour until 9 pm so we can be very flexible.

We may want to do Thursday dinner post-Merdien lounging, and if anyone is interested I have been advised the House of Blues and Jazz has some really good talent, happy hour, food. Supposedly attracts an older crowd (like maybe 35? 50? 80?) Irish-run with live music out of New Orleans. Thurs is supposed to be open mike but I can't see that on the website and it appears the house band is Cuban this month. Just a recommendation from a friend, who is not a club kid, but a quiet,thoughtful 50 year old. who travels cheaply even when his company is paying.

(chchkiwi, I'm anticipating something like Carli's in San Juan, but a bit livelier, just because it's Irish.

晚安,

lili

Ryu2 - I'm on UA877 LAX-PVG lv. Nov.9. I'll look for you in the LAX RCC. Otherwise I'm in seat 6K. :)

Sorry folks... been travelling last month and forgot to check in before the dinner deadlines. :( Could I still join in for the dinners on Fri and Sat?

3G

If you can get to ORD, I'll trade you my AA 777 Y seat for your seat in C ;)

Hey, do we have a meetup place yet? Staying at the Courtyard Puxi, assuming it won't be there :) so I'll need to allow a bit of extra time to get wherever I'm going.

Greetings from the ANA lounge in HND. Waiting to board in about 15 mins. Hope to see some of you in Le Meridien this evening.

TravellerOnline - Yes, if you could post the meet-up arrangements for Friday morning, this would be appreciated. :)

TravellerOnline is currently in the Maldives but am trying to get the info from the locals. Will post as soon as I hear from them.

After waiting until the last minute to see if I could pull this off. Work decided to pull a project forward from 1st qtr next year to this qtr. As a result I am stuck here. I kinda had an inkling, and am sorry to miss the do. Should hit PVG mid Jan or Early Feb. Hopefully it will be possible to catch up with some of the folks who live there.

Having arrived in Shanghai yesterday and currently recovering from a cold in Jin jiang Metropole Hotel (a few blocks from the Westin and Nanjing East station).

lili, I am interested in the Thursday morning activity to Zhujiajiao, but I am unsure what my condition will be. Please include me in the planning notification and I will try to confirm later.

@ chchkiwi
 

You may have managed to log onto FB but I can't. You have PM.

No problem - you are on the list ^