Travel
- Using Metro is the most efficient way to travel Shanghai, and most other Chinese cities when they come online…
- Line 1 covers North to South, Line 2 covers West to East and there are some ring lines covering the inner city.
- It is worth while for longer then 5 day stay to get a Shanghai Transport Card (Jiaotong ka) 交通卡, this will enable you to charge (pay as you go / prepay) your card before you travel, and not queue in long lines in the ticket offices or Convenient stores. You will need to Deposit 40 元 for this…
And you can use this for Buses, Taxis and to pay for goods in Stores and McDs. A similar system operates in most Big China Cities.
- Taxi drivers do not like to ask for directions, so if they don’t understand you or recognize the place when you tell them where to go, they will not just take you…
- And if your lucky you may already have a phone number for an English cab driver or you happen to hail a cab that has more then 4 stars on their ID… on the windscreen in every taxi. They will speak English.
