I woke up early at 05:00, not unusual for me, wether I am travelling or not. Time to read and learning Portuguese. Later I had a shower and prepared to leave. My host was already gone, he said he is working in a bank. At 07:30 I started walking to the Metro Station São Sebastiãno. I purchased a ticket and went down to the train. It‘s the terminal station from the red line, 11 stations to the airport.
At the airport I had to check in at Capital Airlines first. There was an issue with my surname first, the systems never take the „ö“ from Böhler, so I use Boehler which should be international accepted. Maybe it‘s less confusing just to use Bohler instead. The guy at the check in counter gave me a QR-Code to scan, I had to enter some data in a form and got another QR-Code to scan and print later at the arrival in Hangzhou. It’s for a temporary arrival card.
The security check was fast, I didn’t have a knife this time in my hand luggage 😅 Then I walked towards the gate for my departure.
The flight was smooth without any issues. The Chinese staff was very kind. Anyway I got the impression that the Chinese are very organised. In the airplane the usage of powerbanks were not allowed. It can happen that Lithium-ion batteries get on fire. We took of at 12:00 Portuguese time, one hour late. We grounded at 07:30 Hangzhou time, Considering the time difference of 7 hours the flight lasted 12 hours and 30 minutes.
At the arrival I had to print first my arrival card, then walked over to the immigration. I was told to had print the wrong form, so I had to go back and do it again. One staff member from immigration was with me and did it for me. They are all really kind here.
I got a temporary visa for one day and could claim my baggage now. So the next step was walking over towards departures.
It’s a modern airport, everything well organised and spacious here. I couldn’t connect to the free airport WiFi. By the way a VPN connection (Virtual Private Network) is blocked here. I was asking in the VIP-lounge how to do. The lady said as I don’t have a Chinese phone number I have ho apply at a service point for access. So I went there. The boy sent me to a computer terminal nearby, a huge touchscreen. I had to scan my passport, then I got a code which the boy could enter for the WiFi connection.
The check in for Melbourne will open at 14:05, I have plenty of time. Opposite there are four Chinese women now, chatting and eating nonstop.
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