Dear Friends & Family,
It's December 2010...can you believe it?! 2010 is almost gone as I type this note! This has certainly been a busy one for us and I'm sure it has been for you!
This week has been a busy one for us. As you may recall from last week's update, we went to Shanghai. I was hosting a meeting there and was very busy, so I didn't get out much...but I did get to go to the pearl market..if only for a few minutes...doesn't take long when you know what you want!
We arrived at the airport, we decided to take the Maglev from the airport to downtown. The maglev is a really highspeed train that has no wheels...it's a magnetic levitating train. Below are some pictures with the timestamp and speed.
On the Maglev in Shanghai
The train took off at 18:02 and by 1 minute into the trip, it was at 173km/hr (107 mph)
By almost 2 minutes into the trip, it was at 265 km/h (165 mph)
Just 2 minutes into the trip we were at 301 km/hr (187 mph)
The trip lasted just 8 minutes and it maxed out at 301km/hr...when it slowed down, it felt like 100mph was just creeping!
Very clean and orderly...no massive push to get on...at least not at the hour we did it!
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| Sarah Miller at time 0 on the Shanghai Maglev |
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| 2 minutes into the trip and we're at 173km/hr |
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| 3 minutes into trip we're at 265 km/hr |
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| 4 minutes into trip we're at 300 km/hr |
Other than that, not a lot of news! We're both recuperating from the trip in Shanghai...it was a very busy week...and I've spent a lot of time this weekend just recuperating! We'll be here in Shenyang this week, then next Sunday, I'll go to Canada for a week, then down to the US for Christmas with family in OH & KY before coming back here to China.
Take care and hope you all have a great week!
Sarah
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