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I started this trip off by doing something I have NEVER done before - I missed my flight!!! Unbelievable. So I fly through San Francisco instead which makes for a little bit longer flight, but I still made it to my destination. Flying in business class made all the difference in the world. I had a good dinner, a good night's sleep, and my entire body didn't ache like it normally does after a 14 hour flight. So I get to fly into the new terminal at the Shanghai Pudong airport - it was FANTASTIC! (Except for the fact that we were landing in a huge rainstorm). Quick and efficient, which means a lot when you travel as much as I do. I get to my hotel at 8:30. I am here enough that I can definitely claim this as my hotel - after all, they sent me a birthday card! I met up with Charles and his expat friends, who were all just fantastic. We had some drinks and I smoked my first ever Cuban cigar! (I think it was also my first cigar). We went out after that to a bar called Windows Bar, where they had some seriously cheap beer - 6 beers for $10 USD. Not bad! Charles and I managed to last until 3:30am, which caused us to sleep in til about 1:30pm the next dayJ
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