Our night train to Guangzhou was very, very nice! For a few extra dollars we could upgrade to 1st class, which was well worth it for the extra pack space. Also, as 1st class berths are four sleepers, we got the berth to ourselves, as no one joined us. We found it very amusing comparing Chinese trains to Vietnamese trains, which are in essence, exactly the same. However Chinese trains are super clean, very organised and have lot's of extra touches such as carpets, drapes and even a table cloth, not to mention a notable lack of mice and cockroaches. Guangzhou is old Canton, so suddenly our Mandarin phrasebook was useless as everyone speaks Cantonese. That said, the phrasebook was as good as useless anyway as our accents were so poor. Guangzhou seemed to be much
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