Tomorrow I'll be in China

Within 12 hours I will be beginning my long journey to Nanchang. I mentioned my international flight information in the previous post, and I received information for my domestic travels earlier today. Once I arrive in Shanghai (after a 14 hour flight) I will be waiting in the airport for my fellow English teacher, Max, to arrive from Canada. I should have about a 2.5 hour wait, which probably won't be too exciting after sitting on a plane all day. However, it should also give me some time to get a new SIM card for my cellphone or international calling card. Then I can make some phone calls to let people know that I have arrived safely in China.
Following my wait in the airport, Max and I will have to catch a taxi to Shanghai's other airport. Within the last few years Shanghai split up their domestic and international flights between two separate airports. Because of this fact, Max and I will be taking an hour cab ride to the Hongqiao airport from the Pudong airport. If everything is on time Max should have his bags and be ready to head to Hongqiao by 6:00-6:30. Our flight leaves from Hongqiao at 8:00pm. I am not very confident that we will be able to catch this flight, but it is possible. If Max and I don't make it across town in time, we have been instructed to stay at the New Asia Hotel (3 stars apparently). We have been provided with several contact phone numbers, so I'm not all that worried. It would just be nice to have everything go smoothly and actually arrive in Nanchang on the first day.

I received some of this information via an email from Journey East, and I also had a conference call with Max and Keith (Journey East Rep.). Max seems like a nice guy and has no experience with China or Chinese, but I am sure that he will do fine. Hopefully we will get along well, because it seems like we may be the only English teachers at our school.

That is my update for this evening. If I think of anything else, I will certainly add it before I sleep. If not, I will post again as soon as I have a chance. Time to finish packing. Talk to you all again soon!