Posted in Travel on Jun 29th, 2006
I arrived in Taipei this afternoon. To get to Taipei from China you have to go through Macau or Hong Kong, which turns a two hour trip to an all day affair. There are rumors that by 2008 there will be direct flights to the mainland China. That would be great since […]
Another busy week of travel. My luggage finally decided to join me Monday morning at 2 AM. Between staying up waiting for my luggage and being very jetlagged, I hardly slept at all.
At 5 AM, I dragged myself out the door, got in a taxi, and headed to Pudong airport. In just a few moments […]
Posted in China, Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2006
Well - I am back in China again for a couple of weeks. Normally I fly from Denver to San Francisco and then on to Shanghai. To save money, this time I booked a flight from Denver to San Francisco to Toyko to Shanghai.
However, my flight from Denver was delayed and I missed my […]
When traveling in China I often run into my fellow Americans. One interesting thing I’ve found is that most of them, whether travelling for business or tourism, have visited, or plan to visit, the Shanghai Xiangyang market. It’s an open air market, open 7 days a week, located on Huaihai Road in one […]
Posted in Travel on Jun 8th, 2006
After three weeks in Asia, I returned to Denver just in time for the Memorial day weekend. Charlie and I took a 4 day trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of our favorite places in the US. The town is full of art galleries and adobe houses with blue shutters and […]
While visiting Seoul I learned that its public transportation systems started using RFID systems for ticketing for way back in 1996. Still today, most major US and European cities use paper tickets. And instead of using RFID tags that look just like credit cards, there are a large assortment of shapes to choose […]
Posted in Travel on Jun 1st, 2006
I spent two days in Seoul, Korea, which is a short 2 hour flight from Shanghai. It’s my second time in Seoul, the last time I visited was almost four years ago when I was working for GE. Most of my time was spent meeting customers and partners.
Seoul, similar to Shanghai, is split […]
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