I was so worried about being able to catch a taxi out from our campus out in the ‘Xiasha boonies’ that we started our Yunnan trip an hour earlier than necessary. After much crazy jestering to my hotel/apartment desk people we were able to get them to call a taxi for us. It came quickly so we got to the airport very early. So early that we were first in line and were ‘?lucky?’ enough to get the exit row seat with lots of leg room. Unfortunately, before take off the Chinese gentlemen behind us talked to the flight attendants and right after that we were told that foreigners couldn’t sit in the exit rows. We were made to trade with the gentlemen behind us. It seems strange that Cathy who has literally traveled around the world and myself with many, many air miles were deemed too ignorant to figure out the PICTURED directions of how to take off the exit door. It was real obvious that most of the passengers were first timers- cause they actually cheered when the plane got off the ground.
Side Note- Chinese flights actually feed you a meal – remember when American flights did that?
