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BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

No I'm not. I'm not saying that when we travelled on the Maglev it was going at its top speed, as its a relatively short piece of track, but we have a picture (sad I know)) of the speedometer which we clocked at 300Kmh, which is the same speed as the KTX we took from Daegu to Seoul a week or so ago.

With a longer track, I'm sure the Maglev will go faster, but between Shanghai and the airport, I think 300Kmh is as much as you're gonna get out of it.

nicholas_chiasson · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok

maglev...the main speed advantage is on curves. Trains usually break on curves...one being that they don't derail, and the other that objects...trains in this case have more wind resistance when the train is on a curve. Maglev doesn't derail...and can accelerate on a curve because the driving force is equal. In high speed rail, the banked tracks mean more torque is on the outside rail. Maglev is equal and thus higher acceleration is possible.

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

I saw something recently about running a train track underneath the Atlantic linking Europe and the US. Imagine the speeds a Magnetic train could reach over that sort of distance.

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

MollyBloom · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Location: James Joyce's pants

上海人常常不好心所以我不喜欢去上海，很多的中国人也觉得。
Shanghai is often bad heart Therefore, I do not like to go to Shanghai, a lot
of Chinese people also feel that.

不错儿 Yes infants

在夏我要做在上海。 In the summer I want to be in Shanghai.

***This is how google translated it! Is the original meaning close to the translation?

lastat06513 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

Shanghai is like Pittsburgh or Chicago in that that the most beautiful part of the city is the center of it while it is ringed by slums and drab apartment blocks filled with migrant workers from the western provinces.
That is certainly the place to wear a money belt around the inside of your shirt and never put anything in your pockets because you WILL be pickpocketed when you get off the bus or subway...........

Other than that, I would have to agree with the princess- it is indeed a kickass place to be---

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

cangel · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: Jeonju, S. Korea

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Seems like there is a theme of it being a bit 'slummish'...but, can't help but wonder, is that any different from any other city in Asia (outside of Japan, HK, SG)?

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I only visited briefly, but it seemed all right to me, but I'm living in a boring place. There's a lot going on in Shanghai. Easy to spend money there I reckon. Easy for those like me who are language-impaired. Good food and bar options. I also got a sore neck looking at attractive girls, and not only Chinese ones.

The big shopping street reminded me a bit of Japan actually, what little I know that is.

Dukey77777 · Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Chungcheongbuk-do

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Check the date when I posted that. It wasn't $350 then. It'd only been opened about 6-months and was largely empty.

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

You're post has just reminded me how cool Shanghai is/was. I'd love to go back. I think anyone who's taken the trouble to insert themselves in Asia for a year, albeit South Korea, could do a lot worse than to blow some of their hard earned won in Shanghai. Definitely a city in the ascendancy.