Taking the metro to work

After two weeks of early morning taxis, I thought I'd try to save some money and give the metro a chance.  It just happens that to get to my office across the river and back, the most direct route is to use a tunnel which is closed to taxis during peak hours.  So I was taking taxis at 7.30am and leaving the office at 6.30pm.  In which case I had might as well take the metro, because at those times it shouldn't be especially busy.

 

In preparation I bought a wheeling laptop backpack bag in xiangyang market, for 150 kuai.  There were many kinds, and I picked one of reasonably good quality.  Don't know how long it will last before the zips break, the extending wheelie handle malfunctions or the backpack arms fall off.  It's handy to be able to pick something up like this without spending a significant amount of money.

 

This morning.... at 8am I left the house.  8.10 onto the metro, it was busy getting down the escalators and stairs to the train - lots of hot people and bodily odours.  On the train it was ok though, and walking to the office on the other end was also fine.  Definitely a manageable experience.  The only problem if there was one, was that I was appalled to find out that my shirt was soaked with sweat, front and back!  I didn't feel that hot... but clearly wearing the rucksack was a bad idea.  I'll try wheeling it on the cleaner roads tomorrow, and see if that's any better.  It's a little embarrassing otherwise!