Following successful high-speed test runs on 24 December, the latest extension to China’s high-speed network opened to passengers on 26 December 2012. The average speed over the route is 300 km per hour, with peak speeds of up to 350 km…
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An Epic Rail Journey Across China
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From Beijing to Guangzhou by rail. A 2200 kilometre journey through China’s heartland, from North to South. Who could resist? We also discovered that the journey would cost us less than half the price of a flight, which added to…
DIY flight bookings – Minimum connecting time
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One way that a journey can go wrong is when you have connecting flights. One of the most frustrating of these can be when you end up running from one terminal to another to make a connecting flight, only to…
A day in Beijing
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So many people, a constant noisy bustle of every sort of traffic on the roads and the ever present haze in the air. For many visitors that describes Beijing in one sentence. A city of this magnitude and with such…
Choosing a comfortable aircraft seat
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Choosing where you sit can be key to an enjoyable flight.