So I have started preparing for the trip step by step. I have booked the flight tickets already! I bought through www.greitai.lt Finnair return flight for just 1946Lt(~£490) to Shanghai.
The Total Solar Eclipse is 22nd July, 2009.
Greatest Eclipse in Wuhan region 1:26:49 UT, 9:26am in local time. Seems will have to get up early!
More info about Eclipse here
The Sun shadow movement in China:
I recon than the most comfortable place for observing would be Wuhan, since the chance of clear skies in there is 60%, meanwhile in Shanghai only around 50%. Besides much more fun to watch a small town, than in multimillion city like Shanghai. Also smog in a such big city like Shanghai could prevent the good visibility, especially in the morning, since the sun will be really low.
Some views from Wuhan
