The airport was about a half hour taxi ride from hotel, and from the outside it was a pretty impressive airport, but like a lot of things we have seen in China things usually are not as beautiful up close, and Shanghai airport was no exception, very dated and only a Burger King and a dodgy noodle place as far as dining. Charging points didn’t work, and the plane was miles out on the field. Staff and security had no concept (in any language) and like everywhere there were 4 times the staff you needed. and they were all useless.
We survived the flight from Shanghai to Tokyo, crossing South Korea and Kim Jong’s missile testing ground with ease. The flight was fairly comfortable other than being at 1:00 AM and the Chinese customs stole all our portable batteries rendering them not safe to fly.. I dont now how they got from China in 5 days when I ordered them on eBay….It’s been a very long day but we hired some showers at the airport in Tokyo for about $10 best $10 ever before catching the bus to our first stop Yokohama.
