AT#227 - Three Weekend Trips From Shanghai, China

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2010

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee from Atlanta about side trips that you can take when you travel to Shanghai this year for Expo 2010. Lee is currently living in China and talks about 3 different weekend trips to destinations that are located near Shanghai. Lee starts us the in history-rich city of Nanjing the site of “China’s Holocaust” in WW 2. Nanjing has been the capital for 6 different Chinese governments and still retains its ancient walls in addition to modern shopping and the tomb of Sun Yat-sen. It was also the location of the world’s worst civil war, the Taiping Rebellion. After Nanjing we explore the many gardens and the canals of Suzhou. Finally Lee takes us to Hangzhou with its beautiful West Lake which the Chinese compare to heaven.NewsSpirit Air to experiment with carry-on bag feesAirlines losing 3000 bags – every hour of every dayWomen try to smuggle dead relative onto flightPaying to use the plane potty?Ky. Judge Rules in Favor of Online Travel SitesShow NotesExpo 2010 Shanghai ChinaTravel to Shanghai, China – Episode 26NanjingNanjing, ChinaNanking MassacreJohn Rabe – a German businessman and Nazi party member who is best known for his efforts to stop the atrocities of the Japanese army during the Nanking OccupationSun Yat-sen – “Father of the Chinese Nation”Ming DynastyCheongsam or Qipao – traditional Chinese dressTaiping Rebellion – largest civil war in history started by Hong Xiuquan who declared himself the brother of Jesus.RestaurantsSkyway Bakery and DeliLes 5 SensTairyo TeppanyakiSuzhouGardens – Master of the Nets, Lion’s Forest, Humble AdministratorMingtown Suzhou International Youth HostelHangzhouTea MuseumA History of Chinese in CaliforniaBraised Pork Belly – Hangzhou Dongpo PorkSweet and Sour Pork RecipeWushanyi International Youth HostelShanghaiCaptain Youth Hostelelong.com, ctrip.com – for accompodationsCommunityEgypt Photo TourAmateur Traveler NewsletterDoes Amateur Traveler work for you at work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.6	in my passport photo.
0:11.6	Amateur Traveler episode 227. Today the Amateur Traveler episode 2.7. Today the amateur traveler talks about ancient
0:16.0	walls, gardens, and canals as we go to China. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Today I have a
0:36.1	number of short news stories for you. We talk sometimes about traveling light and
0:39.9	taking carry-on luggage. One reason to do that and one reason not to. Not to is if
0:45.2	you're flying Spirit Airways they're going to be charging you. That's right,
0:48.8	they're actually going to be charging for carry-on banks that go in the overhead bin.
0:52.8	And they're going to be charging as much or more as checking bags.
0:55.8	But on the other hand, a study now shows that airlines are losing 3,000 bags every hour of every day.
1:05.0	That's something to give you thought.
1:07.0	That is, of course, checked luggage.
1:10.0	And if you're afraid of checking luggage, you might relate to the two women who tried to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight.
1:17.0	That's right. They put them in a wheelchair, put sunglasses on. This is not weekend at Bernies. This is a true story
1:24.3	that happened and I'll put a link to that in the show notes at amateur traveler.com.
1:28.0	Those extra fees seem to be getting a little out of hand but at least no one's charging you to use the restroom
1:34.9	on the plane. Oh, wait, Ryanair has just announced they're going to be doing that on flights
1:40.7	of less than an hour duration in Europe.
1:43.2	And then finally good news if you book your travel online a judge has ruled in favor
1:48.6	of online travel sites that they do not.
1:52.2	That is correct they do not have to collect local lodging taxes on fees for
1:57.0	securing hotel rooms that's going to send some lawmakers back to the drawing board
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