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 \item \textbf{Bottled Water}\hspace{3mm}
 Whereas in many places it is safe to drink water from taps,
 do not take chances and drink only bottled water! During the
 conference we will provide bottled water. In other places you
 have to buy bottles yourself. Remember, Chinese are famous for
-nibbling on hot tea the whole day, even in sweltering
+nibbling on a bottle with hot tea the whole day, even in sweltering
 temperatures. There is a reason for this.
 \item \textbf{Traffic}\hspace{3mm}
 Do not even think of renting a car in China. Hence, while in
 China, you probably will be mostly going around on foot. Be
 \item \textbf{Google etc}\hspace{3mm}There are two Great Walls in
 China: one prevents you from accessing Google, for example. Use
 \url{www.aol.com} or \url{www.bing.com} instead as your preferred
 search engine. Also, if you care about such things, set your
 status on Facebook to ``unavailable'' for the period of time
-you will be in China. Ditto Twitter. If you do want to access
+you will be in China. Ditto Twitter.
-those services, you need to use a VPN back home.
 \item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm} While more and
 more young Chinese are exposed to English, you cannot
 rely on anyone of the general public speaking more than a few
 words. Rather, you have to always calculate with the very,
 \section{Travel from Nanjing Lukou Airport to the Hanyuan Hotel}
 There are essentially three options depending on how frugal
-or adventurous you want to be:
+or adventurous you want to be to travel from the Nanjing Airport
+to the hotel:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item The first option is to take a taxi for the whole journey
 from the airport to the hotel. Follow the taxi signs at
 the airport and take a yellow taxi. The journey will
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 \noindent which can change the language to English (in this
-way you can avoid having to talk to a sales person on the
+way you can avoid having to talk to a sales person in the ticket
-desk). You need to select the destination station (shown on
+counter, who might not speak any English). You need to select
-the right). Next you need to pay for the ticket in 10 RMB or 5
+the destination station in the screen (shown on
+the right). Next you need to pay for the ticket with 10 RMB or 5
 RMB bank notes, or 1 RMB coins. If you do not have them yet,
 you will need to go to the counter near the ticket machines.
-After paying the machine will issue a blue plastic coin which
+After paying, the machine will issue a blue plastic coin which
 is your ticket. This coin needs to be swiped when going
-through the gates of the metro (shown on the right).
+through the gates of the metro (shown on the right below).
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/20150331_110738.jpg}
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 \includegraphics[scale=0.27]{travel_guide/IMG_7177.jpg}
 \item \textbf{Option 2 Maglev train / Metro}:
 Of course travelling on the Maglev is pretty cool\ldots{}
 reaching speeds of 415 km/h at certain(!) times of the day,
 namely 9:02--10:47 and 15:02--16:47. At other times it will
-travel only at mere speeds of 300 km/h, which you get in China
+travel at mere speeds of 300 km/h, which you get in China
 also with conventional high-speed trains.  Anyway, a
 ticket for the Maglev will set you back around 50 RMB (\euro{}7, \$8). The
 ticket can be paid in cash or with credit card.
 The service of the Maglev
 starts at 7:02 and finished the day at 21:42.
 ticket at the metro station and then take Line 2. The good thing
 about this option is that metro travelling in Shanghai is
 pretty easy for foreigners as all stations are signed out in
 letters.
 Overall the journey time of this option is around 2h. So
 unless you really want to sample the feeling of travelling for
 7 minutes at 415 km/h, we recommend Option 1 by bus.
 \end{itemize}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{travel_guide/ticket.jpg}
 \end{center}
 \noindent The G-Number (G42 above) stands for the train
 number, which identifies the train also on the large displays
-at the hall. Below is the date and departure time, 2015-08-12
+at the hall. Below that number is the date and departure time, 2015-08-12
 and departure time 10:28. To the right is the coach number
 (14) and seat number (09C). Just below is the sign that the
 ticket above is for second class (-\ -). For the short
 duration of the trip there is no real need to buy a ticket for
 first class. On the top right-hand corner is the platform

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