I woke up at around 4:30AM – in time to get ready and finish packing. I met Mark at around 5:15AM. Lilian had gotten her neighbor who is a taxi driver to pick us up. He had agreed to take us to the Pu Dong airport for 150 Yuan (round trip).
Throughout the trip he had his seat near to the steering wheel. He kept accelerating and slowing down. Mark finally decided that he must be near sided.
At the airport there was a long line to the Northwest terminal. Mark told me what line to get in. I asked Mark if there was a airport tax. He said he’d find out. After a minute he came back and said there was. He gave me 100 Yuan for the tax (by this time I was out of money).
Mark said good-bye and headed out. I waited a while in the line. I then proceeded to the gate. I found the place to pay the airport tax. After getting to the gate there was a short wait before getting on the plane.
On the plane there was a few more Americans than there was on the plane going over there. In front of me were 2 Americans – a father and son. The son was about 20 something. He slept during the entire 13 hour flight home.
They showed alot of movies, but I didn’t watch many.
I was glad to get home to the USA. Customs wasn’t a big deal. The lady asked why I had gone to China and why I had such a new passport. I told her I had only planned the trip since March.
I was exhausted by the time I got to the Detroit terminal. I changed into the Hard Rock Cafe Shanghai T-shirt so that I could meet my family in that T-shirt.
The flight home to Nashville from Detroit was about an hour long. At the airport my entire family was there – my mom and dad, and sister and her husband.
I was glad to get back to the USA – home of unlimited refills.