Thursday, January 17, 2008

Delayed in Shanghai

I was in Shanghai the second week of January, it was cold. On the way back, United Airlines nicely sent me a flight update by sms informing me that my return flight would be delayed, first by 23 hours, and then revised to 13 hours. Finding a sudden block of open time was simultaneously both frustrating and rewarding. I took the time to catch-up on one of my favorite cities in the world and then, go get a massage. This time I went to Dragonfly (http://www.dragonfly.net.cn/) at 20, Donghu. This appears to be a top notch, clean and professional chain and quite a bit less expensive than the one in the Westin Bund. I would easily recommend it. I got the 2 plus hour combination massage with three therapists and couple of assistants all working different parts. I was in a different world by the time I reached the airport. On a separate note once I arrived at the airport, I found most of the passengers on that flight waiting from having arrived 13 hours ago for the original check in time. I am so glad for flight paging ....