18th Today we fly from Chengdu to Shanghai. Its a 3 hour flight. The flight is very smooth till we get close to Shanghai, when we experience some massive turbulence. It rocks the plane with a huge thump. Then we are keep in a hold pattern as we cannot land. We are in the air for an extra half an hour before landing. From the airport we take the Maglev train which travels at 300kph. It does not take long to get to the connecting subway station. We arrive and che...

Having to drag myself out of bed at 4.15am wasnt the easiest thing to do. The joy of a 6am flight. We left Adelaide an time and arrived at Sydney on time. Qantas gave us 1 hour to get from the Domestic to the international terminal. We made it with minutes to spare. As we arrived at the gate Final Boarding was being called. The flight to Shanghai was very smooth and quiet. Most of the people on board were Chinese. The plane was only half full, so we could spread...