High Speed Getaway
There’s something to be said for flying past the countryside at 346km/hr. I’m just doing some off the top of my head math, but that’s approx 210mph. This isn’t our first time on the high speed, but it still amazes me and that’s too damned cool. Also, I gotta say, the security and controls to get onto the rail are so much easier. A quick scan and look at the passport and away we go. The other nice part is no pressurized cabin, so it’s not dry as hell. With the four stops along the way, we ordered burgers and coffees at the second stop and now we just fly through the country for about 90 minutes now until a stop just outside Beijing and then it’s about 45 minutes into Beijing. We’ll be in 16:15 (4:15pm) if on schedule. Right now we are 2 minutes behind, but that’s kind of how it goes and we’ll either make up the few minutes as we cruise or we won’t and we’ll get in 16:17. Either way, we’ll get to have dinner in Beijing tonight...
