Catshanghai

Yesterday my journey to work took two hours. Normally the same trip takes less than an hour. What happened?

I tried a new route and everything went wrong. Normally i take a taxi or school bus. The bus is provided by the company. It’s free, but I need to cycle to the bus stop and the return bus gets back after 5.30pm. This was not a problem before, but now my baby son is asleep before I get home.

Getting a taxi to and from work is quick and easy, but expensive at 45 rmb each way.

I was looking four a quick and cheap easy way to travel to work and back to be home in time to hang out with Jake.

I tried a new route yesterday. I took metro line 4 to Lancun Lu before changing to line 6 to get to Linye Xincun. I missed the first train at Nanpu Bridge and I had to wait for several minutes at Lancun Lu.

Trouble started at Linye Xincun.

I had to wait for over half an hour before I could find a taxi. The taxi did not understand my instructions. He failed to take the most direct route and we got held up in pre expo/ back to school traffic. I arrived at my new destination after two hours.

It’s time to rethink my commuting plans to be able to see more of Jake. My journey is going to look more like a triangle as I take the company bus from downtown Shanghai to Pudong and back to Nanpu Bridge on a taxi. This means I have to leave my bike at home.