booklet.tex
changeset 267 0254a6cb1182
parent 266 7a052c75818b
child 268 a792b2f23afe
--- a/booklet.tex	Fri Aug 14 02:51:28 2015 +0800
+++ b/booklet.tex	Fri Aug 14 08:47:49 2015 +0800
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 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} 
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@
 \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
-those services, you need to use a VPN back home.
+you will be in China. Ditto Twitter. 
 
 \item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm} While more and 
 more young Chinese are exposed to English, you cannot 
@@ -254,7 +253,8 @@
 \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
@@ -316,14 +316,15 @@
 \end{center}
 
 \noindent which can change the language to English (in this
-way you can avoid having to talk to a sales person on the
-desk). You need to select the destination station (shown on
-the right). Next you need to pay for the ticket in 10 RMB or 5
+way you can avoid having to talk to a sales person in the ticket 
+counter, who might not speak any English). You need to select 
+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}
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@
 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. 
@@ -404,9 +405,6 @@
 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.
@@ -445,7 +443,7 @@
 
 \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