diff -r 7a052c75818b -r 0254a6cb1182 booklet.tex --- 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